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Remembrance NI – Every day is a Remembrance Day

Every day is a Remembrance Day

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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

February 1. Military Awards 1918. Roll of Honour

Thomas Knox of Dungannon served as aide-de-camp to his father, Lord Ranfurly  in NZ between 1903-1907. Educated at Eton and Sandhurst … More

Aghalee, CAI, Coleraine, El Alamein, Lisburn, Lurgan, QUB

January 18. Lurgan pilot dies in USA. Roll of Honour

Twenty-year-old Robert Lawther from Lurgan died this day in 1943 in an aircraft accident whilst undergoing pilot training in the … More

Arizona, Dungannon, Enniskillen, Inniskilling Fusiliers, Lurgan, Mesa City, VC

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