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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 26. Whippet tanks released against German Spring Offensive. Roll of Honour

Six sons of the Thompson famiy of Gobnascale House, Londonderry served in WW1. William who died this day in 1918 … More

Bushmills, CAI, Coleraine, Cookstown, Gilford, HMS Jaguar, Londonderry, North Irish Horse, Tanks, Whippet

March 17. Queen Victoria and the shamrock. Launch of HMS Belfast . Roll of Honour

HMS Belfast was launched on St Patrick’s Day, 17 March 1938 by Anne Chamberlain – the wife of then Prime … More

Chamberlain, HMS Belfast, Irish Brigade, North Irish Horse, Prime Minister, Queen Victoria, Shamrock, St Patrick’s Day

March 9. Coleraine Gunner’s romance in Brussels. Roll of Honour

Today is the wedding anniversary of Harry Stockman, a Coleraine Gunner, who married in Brussels on 09/03/1946 and brought his … More

Aldergrove, Belsen, Bushmills, HMS Asphodel, Killead, Londonderry, Molyneaux, North Irish Horse, Tobermore, Tunisia

February 28/29. Limavady-based Belfast men in aircraft crash. Roll of Honour

Remembered today are James McAllister a naval doctor from Islandmagee and QUB who was awarded a DSO for his service … More

Aghadowey, Islandmagee, Limavady, LOvell, North Irish Horse, Portrush, QUB, Tunisia

February 20. The UVF prepare for war. Roll of Honour

Read contemporary newspaper reports here on the UVF’s preparation for WW1 in 1914 and how Lisburn was the guinea pig … More

Annalong, Armagh, Australia, Bushmills, Canada, Canberra, HMS Warwick, Islandmagee, Lisburn, Londonderry, North Irish Horse

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

February 5. RUR WW2 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, Enniskillen, Lurgan, North Irish Horse, Royal Ulster Rifles, Veterans

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