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Remembrance NI – Every day is a Remembrance Day

Every day is a Remembrance Day

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March 30. The last NIH horse man. Coleraine medical pioneer. Roll of Honour

Ham British Cemetery (photo) contains 485 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. Amongst the graves are those … More

Auckland, CAI, Coleraine, Cookstown, Kilrea, New Zealand, North Irish Horse, TCD

March 11. Son of Prime Minister of Northern Ireland killed in Tunisia. Roll of Honour

Nine fatalities from HMS Bayano, torpedoed on this day in 1915, are interred in N Ireland. On this day in … More

Brooke, Chaplain, Cookstown, Fintona, HMS Bayano, New Zealand, Royal Flying Corps

March 01. Poetry loving tank commander. A Coleraine romance. Roll of Honour

William Cross was one of the significant number of NI men who served with forces from the British Empire in … More

Australian War Memorial, Bangor, Canberra, Coleraine, Dungannon, New Zealand, Rockport, WRNS

February 21. The Battle of Verdun starts. Roll of Honour

Alex Hill from Whiteabbey was lost in HMS Princess Alberta in 1917 when she hit a mine in the Agean … More

Australia, Belfast Gunners, Dunmurry, Fivemiletown, HMS Princess Alberta, Irish Guards, Londonderry, New Zealand

February 17. Belfast father and son’s joint WW2 funeral. Roll of Honour

Twenty-three NI servicemen are recalled today. John Kinnin from Belfast died as a result of a training exercise with the … More

Arctic Star, Ballymena, Bangor, Canada, Cookstown, Medic, Moneymore, Murmansk, New Zealand, QUB, RAMC, Royal Marine Light Infantry

February 12. Belfast WRNS and ‘The Cruel Sea’. Roll of Honour

Two women are among the WW2 fatalities for this day in 1944. Army nurse Beatrice Dowling from Bessbrook died in … More

Bangor, Bessbrook, Carrickfergus, New Zealand, North Irish Horse, Printing Trades, QUB, The Cruel Sea

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 3. Long-service RN sailors. Roll of Honour

Vesey Fleming from Desertmartin emigrated to New Zealand. He died this day in 1917 serving with the NZ Rifle Brigade … More

Desertmartin, Drumquin, New Zealand, Omagh, Switzerland

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