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Remembrance NI – Every day is a Remembrance Day

Every day is a Remembrance Day

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April 6. NI men in battles in Tunisia and Burmah. Roll of Honour

Charles Ervine MC died this day in 1916 serving with the Tyneside Irish battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers. He was … More

Banbridge, Casino, Coleraine, Courts of Justice, Cregagh Cricket, Irish Brigade, Kilrea, Padre Kelleher

March 30. The last NIH horse man. Coleraine medical pioneer. Roll of Honour

Ham British Cemetery (photo) contains 485 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. Amongst the graves are those … More

Auckland, CAI, Coleraine, Cookstown, Kilrea, New Zealand, North Irish Horse, TCD

March 13. Larne naval surgeon became postwar medical pioneer. Roll of Honour

The wreckage of a German Messerschmitt Bf 109 is towed past the Palace of Westminster in London, 1940. In 1915 … More

Canada, Derriaghy, Killyleagh, Kilrea, Larne, Lisburn, Newtownards, Regent House

August 23. Ballymena RAF operator intercepted German and Japanese signals. Roll of Honour

In 1914 the Battle of Mons began. It was the first major action of the British Expeditionary Force in the … More

Ballymena, Broughshane, Canadian forces, Coleraine, Cullybackey, Fivemiletown, Kilrea, Mons, RUR, Waringstown

August 20. Kilrea’s Royal Flying Corps ace. Bangor doctor died at Dieppe. Widow’s war service. Roll of Honour

“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” — Winston Churchill’s offered … More

Balmoral Golf Club, Bamford, Kilrea, Lurgan, RBAI, RFC, Royal Irish Rifles

August 10. The UVF dry land sailors honoured by the Tzar. Roll of Honour

Walter Smyles, grandfather of Bear Grylls, was among the 111 Royal Navy personnel from Northern Ireland who were involved in … More

Ballymoney, Bear Grylls, Coleraine, Gallipoli, Glynn, Holywood, Kilrea, Princess Victoria, RNAS, Royal Naval Air Service, Sir Walter Smiles, Somme, Ypres

August 1.Context of actions: Passchendaele WW1 and Magennis VC WW2. Roll of Honour

A look at two contexts – Passchendaele, the Third Battle of Ypres which was one of the most costly and … More

Kilrea, Larne, Lurgan, Magennis VC, Passchendaele, Submarine Narwhal, VC

July 24. Anniversary of Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Belfast Gunners at Dunkirk. Roll of Honour

Today is the anniversary of the unveiling of the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial in 1927. Many names from Northern Ireland … More

Coleraine, First MP killed in WW1, Ghana, Kilrea, Menin Gate, North Irish Horse, Rockport school, Royal Marines

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