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Remembrance NI – Every day is a Remembrance Day

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March 23. Admiral McClintock of Ballycarry; Fusilier Morrow of Fivemiletown. Roll of Honour

Admiral John McClintock of Ballycarry retired on this day in 1929, completing 55 years service including four years continuous sea … More

Admiral, Ballycarry, Commando, Fivemiletown, HMS Laforey, Londonderry, McClintock, Palestine, Portadown, Pozieres

December 31. Internal explosion sinks HMS Natal. Roll of Honour

During the afternoon of the 30th December 1915, HMS Natal, under the command of Captain Eric Back, blew up at … More

Banbridge, HMS Natal, Japanese POW, Londonderry, Masonic, Portadown, RBAI, RFC

December 28. Tournai Communal Cemetery. Roll of Honour 

Chief Petty officer Thomas McLaughlin who had family links with Coleraine died serving in the Royal Naval Division at Achi … More

Austin, Battle of Britain, Bushmills, Coleraine, Gallipoli, Jutland, Londonderry, Portadown, Tunisia

December 19. NI links with costliest New Zealand navy loss. Roll of Honour

On the night of 19 December 1941, there occurred one of the most extensive but least known naval disasters of … More

Bangor, Belfast, Canada, Cullion, HMS Neptune, HMS Perseua, HMS Stanley, Larne, Limavady, Portadown

November 29. Birthday of CS Lewis. TB claimed Ballycastle WW1 hero. Portadown Desert Rat. Roll of Honour

World-famous author Clive Staples Lewis was born in Belfast on 29/11/1898. He was only 18 when he was commissioned into … More

Archbishop of Armagh, Ballycastle, CS Lewis, Kranji, Narnia, Portadown, Singapore

November 25. HMS Barham. QUB surgeon and the Red Baron. Roll of Honour

On this day in 1941, the battleship HMS Barham sank in the Mediterranean whilst taking part in an operation against … More

Coleraine, HMS Barham, Larne, Lisburn, Portadown, QUB, Queen’s Services Club, Red Baron, Thomas Sinclair

November 23. Medical mother’s war service after son’s death. Roll of Honour

Today’s Roll reflects hard times for the Inniskillings in the Munich Trench in 1916 and for the Royal Irish Rifles … More

Cambrai, Castledawson, Downpatrick, Elizabeth G Bell, HMS Rawalpindi, Munich Trench, Portadown, QUB, RBAI

November 1. Castlerock link to major naval battle off Chile. Roll of Honour

Today’s Roll of Honour is dominated by the loss of navy men in the Battle of Coronel in 1914 who … More

Ballymena, Ballywalter, Castlerock, Coronel, HMS Monmoth, Lurgan, Portadown, Portaferry

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