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Remembrance NI – Every day is a Remembrance Day

Every day is a Remembrance Day

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January 31. Emma Duffin VAD in both world wars. Battle of May. Roll of Honour

Emma Duffin who served as a VAD Nurse in both world wars is remembered today. She served in WW1 military … More

Battle of May, Bessbrook, Emma Duffin, Newry, Portstewart, Submarines WW1, VAD

December 17. Battle of the River Plate. Roll of Honour

On this day in 1939, the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee – heavily damaged after the Battle of the … More

Cookstown, HMS Achilles, HMS Exeter, Killyleagh, Newry, River Plate

December 2. Faughs five miles behind enemy lines. Roll of Honour

In today’s Roll, there is a most moving excellent read – a letter written by James McKinstry to his mother … More

Berlin, Carrickfergus, HMS Caroline, Italy, Lisburn, Newry, Portstewart, RBAI, Rostrevor, Tunisia, Vancouver

November 24. HMS Dunedin. Midland Railway War Memorial. Roll of Honour

The Midland Railway War Memorial on the concourse of the York Street station was unveiled by Major-General Nugent on this … More

Bangor, Belfast, HMS Dunedin, Jerusalem, Limavady, Lurgan, Midland Railway, Newry, Upperlands

November 17. James Gracey, DCM, NI Horse and NZ Police. Roll of Honour

On this day in 1915, the North Irish Horse disembarked in France. With them was James Gracey later to be … More

Ballyclare, Canada, Comber, DFC, HMS Caroline, New Zealand, Newry, North Irish Horse

November 11. Armistice Day. The Unknown Warrior. Roll of Honour

Cullybackey-born Thomas Cochrane died serving with the Canadian Eastern Ontario Regiment in Belgium in 1915. Twenty-one-year-old Robert Wright, RBAI, QUB … More

Belfast Cenotaph, Canada, Cullybackey, Gaza, Helen’s Bay, Holywood, Newry

October 12. Newry woman tried with Edith Cavell. Roll of Honour.

On the anniversary of the execution of British nurse Edith Cavell by the Germans we recall Ada Bodart, the Newry … More

Armagh, Cavell, HM Usurper, Larne, Newry, QUB, Submarines

June 13. D Day RUR Rifleman’s campaigns. Roll of Honour

Stanley Burrowes from Lisburn saw action on the Normandy beaches, in Cambes Woods, and Denmark in WW2. In 1916 two … More

Broughshane, Cambes Woods, Cookstown, D-Day, Dunmurry, Enniskillen, Lisburn, Lissan House, Newry, Normandy, RUR, VAD

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