Tag: Lisburn

June 17 – Roll of Honour

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Watchkeeper

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Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery at Villers-Guislain, France.

Category: Daily Remembrance, Tri-serviceTags: 17 June, Annalong, Downpatrick, June 17, Ligoniel, Lisburn, Portrush

June 17 – Veteran focus

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Watchkeeper

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Thomas George Buchanan, RAMC officer from Lisburn served in Gaza, Palestine, and Egypt

Category: MEDICS WW1, QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY WW1Tags: 17 June, Egypt, Gaza, Inst, June 17, Lisburn, Magheragall, Norwich, Palestine, RBAI, Veteran

June 13 – Northern Ireland at D Day

Posted on June 13, 2019 by Watchkeeper

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7. – RU Rifleman Stanley Burrows survived the beaches and Cambes Wood and took part in the liberation of Copenhagen.

Category: ARMY WW2, D-DayTags: 13 June, June 13, Lisburn, RUR RBL

June 10 – Northern Ireland at D Day

Posted on June 10, 2019 by Watchkeeper

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5. – The fifth in a series about NI people on D Day. William James “Billy” Moore served with 2nd Battalion of the Royal Ulster Rifles, landing on Sword Beach on 6th June 1944 after enlisting at the age of 18.

Category: ARMY WW2, D-DayTags: 10 June, D-Day, June 10, Lisburn, Moore, Royal Ulster Rifles, RUR