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Remembrance NI – Every day is a Remembrance Day

Every day is a Remembrance Day

Tag: Londonderry

January 20. Indebtedness to local journalism and an Irish nun. Roll of Honour

Local journalists have left insights of two servicemen in today’s Roll of Honour. On this day in 1916, a Ballymoney … More

Ballymoney, Bushmills, Hill 286, Londonderry, Ploegsteert, Tunisia

January 4. Canadian sapper from Derry rests on home ground. Roll of Honour

Joseph Dougherty from Newbuildings emigrated to Canada. A Sapper with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he died this day in 1918 … More

Belfast, Canada, Engineers, Libya, Londonderry, RBAI

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 28. Tournai Communal Cemetery. Roll of Honour 

Chief Petty officer Thomas McLaughlin who had family links with Coleraine died serving in the Royal Naval Division at Achi … More

Austin, Battle of Britain, Bushmills, Coleraine, Gallipoli, Jutland, Londonderry, Portadown, Tunisia

December 26. Yachtsman from RNIYC and HMS Caroline lost. Roll of Honour

Walter Edmenson, a Naval Reserve officer from HMS Caroline, who was a member of Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club, … More

Dungannon, HMS Caroline, HMS Duke of York, HMS Pink, Killyleagh, Londonderry, North Cape, RNIYC, Scharnhorst

November 7. The Unknown Warrior – Bangor officer’s pivotal role. Roll of Honour

On this day in 1920 in strictest secrecy, four unidentified British bodies were exhumed from temporary battlefield cemeteries at Ypres, … More

Bangor, Dungannon, Enniskillen, Landing craft, Londonderry, Stewartstown, Unknown Warrior

October 24. Motor sportsman was WW1 flyer. Roll of Honour

Leslie Porter was a keen car racer and international rally driver from Derry and Holywood who became an RFC pilot … More

Armagh, Bessbrook, Chaplain, Downpatrick, HMS Eclipse, Holywood, Londonderry, RFC, Tynan

October 21. Cost to Ulster Rifles and Derry Gunners liberating Italy. Roll of Honour

Autumn takes hold and the colours at CWGC cemeteries in Europe are now changing, as at the WW2 Groesbeek Canadian … More

Artillery, Derry, Egypt, Italy, Limavady, Londonderry, Lurgan, QUB, RBAI

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