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Every day is a Remembrance Day

Tag: Normandy

June 22. Dunkirk Gunner who joined the RAF. Roll of Honour

Gunner Ernie Harwood escaped Dunkirk in a fishing boat in 1940 and joined RAF. On this day Barbarossa, the German … More

Dunkirk, Japanese POW, Normandy, Rangoon, UlsterTower Thiepval

June 19. Belfast RAF man spent year with Belgian underground. Roll of Honour

After crash landing in Belgium, Belfast RAF man, Walter Berry, stayed from May 44 until liberation with the underground. In … More

Normandy, North Irish Horse, RAF, Royal Ulster Rifles, RUR

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

August 4. Outbreak of WW1. Roll of Honour

On this day after being refused free passage to France, Germany invaded Belgium in 1914, violating the Treaty of London. … More

Australian Light Horse, Belgium, Normandy, WW1starts

July 18. MC for Sir John Gorman on his first day in action. Roll of Honour

In 1944 Old Portoran John Gorman was awarded the Military Cross for action in a tank battle in Normandy. Eliza … More

Gorman, John Gorman, Normandy, Portora, RN Nurse, RUC

July 9. HMS Vanguard sunk by accidental explosions at Scapa Floe. Roll of Honour

16 men from Northern Ireland were among the 845 who died in HMS Vanguard in 1917. John Adams and C … More

HMS Vanguard, Normandy, Operation Husky, Sicily

July 7 – NI WRNS who plotted D-Day landings. Roll of Honour

Joan Mary Cattanach a Northern Ireland wartime Wren who plotted the D-Day landings in a secret underground tunnel later trained … More

Normandy, Paras, VC, WRNS

June 08 – HMS Glorious lost in airstrikes off Narvik. Roll of Honour

Men from NI were in HMS Glorious sunk by gunfire off Narvik. Photo – The graves of several Royal Ulster … More

Bayeux, D-Day, HMS Glorious, Messines, Narvik, Normandy, RUR

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