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Remembrance NI – Every day is a Remembrance Day

Every day is a Remembrance Day

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January 11. Newcastle man in crew when Isle of Man ferry made naval air history. Roll of Honour

On 11/01/1915 Lt Colonel Blair ‘Paddy’ Mayne was born in Newtownards. Royal Navy seaplane carrier HMS Ben-My-Chree (Woman of my … More

Blair Mayne, Castlewellan, Clady, Erskine Childers, HMS Ben-My-Chree, Lisburn, New Zealand, Newcastle, Newtownards

January 10. Ballymena’s most decorated WW1 soldier. Navy doctor helped develop NI hospitals. Roll of Honour

Fred Allen interrupted his medical studies at Queen’s University, Belast, to serve as a RN Surgeon Probationer. During and after … More

ALLEN Fred, Ballymena, Beaumont-Hamel, Cullybackey, Enniskillen, HMS Illustrious, HMS Southampton, Jap POW, Lisburn, QUB

January 6. Veterans rich vein of service. Roll of Honour

Today’s Veterans provide a rich vein of service both military and civilian. Alex Miller from Portstewart survived the sinking of … More

Ballymena, Bradbury, Coleraine, HMS Foylebank, Lisburn, Maze, Naval surgeon, Veterans

January 2. Gunner at Dunkirk, B of B, and Burma organised first Belfast Lord Mayor’s Show. Roll of Honour

As President of the Belfast Junior Chamber of Commerce Harry Porter organised the first Lord Mayor’s Show. Harry joined the … More

8th (Belfast) HAA, Bradbury, Kenny, Lisburn, Porter, Portstewart, Saintfield, VC

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 2. Faughs five miles behind enemy lines. Roll of Honour

In today’s Roll, there is a most moving excellent read – a letter written by James McKinstry to his mother … More

Berlin, Carrickfergus, HMS Caroline, Italy, Lisburn, Newry, Portstewart, RBAI, Rostrevor, Tunisia, Vancouver

November 25. HMS Barham. QUB surgeon and the Red Baron. Roll of Honour

On this day in 1941, the battleship HMS Barham sank in the Mediterranean whilst taking part in an operation against … More

Coleraine, HMS Barham, Larne, Lisburn, Portadown, QUB, Queen’s Services Club, Red Baron, Thomas Sinclair

November 19. War cemetery in moated chateau grounds. Roll of Honour

Bedford House Cemetery is sited at a former country house in a small wooded park with moats. The fallen remembered … More

Ballycastle, Canada, Comber, Instonian, Lisburn, RBAI, Upperlands

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