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June 02 – Roll of Honour. NI true stories from Jutland

Posted on June 2, 2020 by Watchkeeper

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Jutland stories – King George VI and a gunner from Portadown, A Mason’s memento, a survivor who died serving in World War II, and a Naval artist from Belfast. Today’s Roll of Honour. Photo – La Targette War Cemetery

Category: Daily RemembranceTags: Battle of Jutland, Donaghadee, Henry Kane, HM King George VI, HM Queen Elizabeth, HMS Chester, HMS Collingwood, HMS Maenad, IWM, J. Feteridge, James Finlayson Feteridge, John Campbell, National Maritime Museum, Portadown, Thomas Roberts

June 01 – Roll of Honour. Three NI officers after Jutland

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Watchkeeper

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After Jutland Commander Edward Bingham VC from Bangor, Captain Herbert Meade, DSO from Ballynahinch, and Commodore Frederic Charles Dreyer from Armagh had impressive careers. In 1940 six men die at Dunkirk where daytime evacuations cease due to danger to ships. A second son of… Continue Reading “June 01 – Roll of Honour. Three NI officers after Jutland”

Category: Daily Remembrance, RN WW1Tags: Bingham, Dreyer, Dunkirk, Jutland, Meade, Portadown, Seale

Portadown Desert Rat was POW in Italy and Germany

Posted on November 29, 2019 by Watchkeeper

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Sergeant Alexander Liggett served with Royal Tank Regiment. Sergeant. This Desert Rat was taken prisoner of war twice in Italy and Germany.

Category: ARMY WW2Tags: 29 November, Desert Rat, November 29, Portadown, POW