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Every day is a Remembrance Day

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March 5. Barossa Day in WW2. Roll of Honour

On March 5, 1881, Irish infantry captured a Napoleonic Eagle standard at the Battle of Barossa. Depite hard fighting in … More

Barossa, Campbell College, Heverlee, Irish Brigade, Japanese POW, Lurgan College, RAChD, Spitfire

February 13. Channel Dash and Dresden. Roll of Honour

In 1917 William McKeague from Bushmills died at St Quentin in France. James Hackett from Fivemiletown is remembered in Chungkai … More

Bangor, Burma, Donaghadee, Dresden, Fivemiletown, Gallipoli, Irvinestown, Japanese POW, Newtownards

December 31. Internal explosion sinks HMS Natal. Roll of Honour

During the afternoon of the 30th December 1915, HMS Natal, under the command of Captain Eric Back, blew up at … More

Banbridge, HMS Natal, Japanese POW, Londonderry, Masonic, Portadown, RBAI, RFC

December 29. International rugby players served in WW1. Roll of Honour

On the first day of 1912 Ireland played France at rugby in Paris. Irish internationals Alfred Squire Taylor, William Victor … More

Ballymoney, Bushmills, Irish rugby, Japanese POW, Randalstown, Rugby internationals

December 24. Two exceptional women. Roll of Honour

Remembered today are Ruth Dickson and Frances Mayne. Ruth from Eglish served as a nurse in WW1. In 1923, she … More

Bangor, Bletchley, Dungannon, Enigma, Japanese POW, Mayne, Newtownards, Nursing

December 15. HMS Galatea  – ship with superb war record sank in three minutes. Roll of Honour

15 men from NI were lost when HMS Galatea was sunk by a U-Boat in 1941. ‘Twinem’ Matchett from Hillsborough … More

Ballymena, Burma, Glenn Miller, Hillsborough, HMS Galatea, Japanese POW, Lisburn

December 5. Dunmurry Choir welcome returned Japanese POW. Roll of Honour

Today in 1945 the choir of Dunmurry Parish Church welcomed home their member Billy Coates who had been a Japanese … More

Defibrillator, Dunmurry, Japan, Japanese POW, Moy, Pantridge, RCAF, Rockport school

December 1. The largest cemetery on the Somme. Roll of Honour

Serre Road Cemetery No 2. is the largest CWGC cemetery on the Somme with over 7,000 graves there. John Milliken … More

Ballyclare, Ballymena, Bangor, Coleraine, Italy, Japanese POW, Larne, Royal Marines, Somme

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