Remembrance NI
Every day is a Remembrance Day
Tag: Londonderry
August 16, 1917 – 27 Londonderry men die on first day of Battle of Langemarck
The battle produced tiny gains for the Allies and heavy casualties. Twenty-seven men associated with the city of Londonderry, and its immediate environs, lost their lives on that terrible day.
August 7 – Derry’s Australia Light Horse Trooper at Gallipoli
Wall of Remembrance at Australia’s National War Memorial in Canberra. George Henry “Harry” McNeill lived in Londonderry with his parents, two brothers, and sister. Jobs in the city were scarce, so he decided to go to Australia and learn sheep farming. There were cousins…
Stories of the Somme – The Fountain men of Londonderry
Virtually every community in Northern Ireland lost husbands, sons and brothers at the Somme. One such was the Fountain area of Londonderry.
June 20 – Brothers in Arms – Buchanans of Londonderry WW1
Richard Brendan Buchanan died at Gallipoli on this date
June 16 – Northern Ireland at D Day.
10. The lawyer and policeman who were in naval forces on the day
June 16 – Edward George Harvey, infantry and RFC
Derry officer served in Boer War, India and the RFC in WW1 The memorial to Edward Harvey bears the crests of the Wilshire Regiment and the RFC
June 12 – On this day
In 1917 Ballymena Petty Officer transfers to army to develop tanks. In 1944 the Irish brigade is received at the Vatican. The German Atlantic U-boat fleet surrenders at the end of WW2 at Lisahally on Lough Foyle, Londonderry in 1945.
