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Remembrance NI – Every day is a Remembrance Day

Every day is a Remembrance Day

Tag: Lurgan

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 29. Lurgan may claim NI’s most decorated fighter ace of WW2. Roll of Honour

On this day in 1921 Hitler is elected leader of an obscure political party in Austria. In 1924 one of … More

Australia, Dungiven, Larne, Lurgan, Lurgan College, Plymouth Hoe, Turkington, US Army

May 6. Memorials to the global service of NI men in WW2. Roll of Honour

John Bew from Carrickfergus, William Bunting from Lurgan, and David McGowan from Newry, serving with the Royal Naval Division fell … More

Bangor Grammar School, Canada, Carrickfergus, Egypt, Gallipoli, HMS Gloucester, HMS Illustrious, India, Lurgan, Madagascar, Netherlands, Newry, QUB, RBAI, Royal Naval Division, Tunisia

May 3. Limavady’s ‘Happy Amateur’ was outstanding Commando. Roll of Honour

On 3rd May 1915, Lt. Col. John McCrae, a Canadian medical officer, penned his now-famous poem, “In Flanders Fields”. Today’s … More

Belfast Cathedral, Crumlin, Derry, Flanders Fields, Limavady, Lurgan, McCrae, Smith MC

April 16. German bombing of Londonderry. Roll of Honour

This night in 1941 aerial mines were dropped by the Luftwaffe and aimed at the Royal Naval Maintenance Yard at … More

Belfast blitz, Egypt, Londonderry blitz, Lurgan, Moira, Muckamore

March 16. Female fatalities in RAF and nursing. Roll of Honour

Two women are named in today’s Roll. Sister Rosa McGibbon from Lurgan served in the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing … More

Aquitania, Bangor, Dervock, Killyleagh, Lurgan, Military Nursing, Nursing Memorial, Queen Alexandra

March 6. Antrim man was army’s top medic. Roll of Honour

This day in 1915 pub owners in Lurgan stated they would decline to serve soldiers in uniform with liquor in … More

Antrim, Bushmills, Cookstown, Lurgan, Malone Golf Club, Portrush, Portstewart, RAMC

February 5. RUR intelligence gathering. Roll of Honour

In 1916 two Belfast men, Alfred Bingam and Joseph Jones of the Royal Irish Rifles, 9th Btn, died on the … More

Coleraine, Lurgan, Royal Ulster Rifles, Veterans

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