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Every day is a Remembrance Day

Tag: Normandy

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. Thomas Barr a former … More

HMS Vanguard, Normandy, Operation Husky, Sicily

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

After crash landing, Belfast RAF man stayed from May 44 until liberation with Belgian underground. In 1944 two from North … More

19 June, Ballymena, Belfast, Bessbrook, D-Day, June 19, Newtownards, Normandy, RUR

June 18 – Banker joins Gunners. Airborne D-Day Padres. Roll of Honour

George Johnston left banking in Dungannon for UK, Egypt, Italy, and Greece with the Gunners. Meet two D-Day airborne padres … More

18 June, Airborne, Chaplain, Chaplains, D-Day, Douglas, Fermanagh, McMurray-Taylor, Normandy, Padre, RAChD, RUR

June 17 – From Rifleman to RSM of RUR via Ranville, the Ardennes and Korea. Roll of Honour

From RUR airborne on D Day to Korea, the record of RSM William McConnell. In today’s Roll – The Ni … More

Ardennes, Ballyclare, HMS Wild Swan, Korea, Lancastria, Lisburn, Normandy, RAMC, Ranville, RUR

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

Stanley Burrowes from Lisburn saw action on the Normandy beaches, in Cambes Woods, and Denmark. Three women are in today’s … More

Cambes Woods, D-Day, Enniskillen, Lissan House, Normandy, VAD

June 10 – King in D-Day speech calls nation to prayer. Roll of Honour

RUR prepares for war. A Rifleman is always a Rifleman. Patrick Clark a commando from Bessbrook. An Australian gunner from … More

D Day speech, King George VI, Normandy, RUR

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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