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Remembrance NI – Every day is a Remembrance Day

Every day is a Remembrance Day

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November 15. Canadian links. Caterpillar Valley. Roll of Honour

On this day in 1918 Sir Edward Carson and Sir James Craig launched a campaign to raise the funds to … More

Canada, Caterpillar Valley, Fleet Air Arm, Irvinestown, Knock, North Irish Horse, Portora, Portrush

October 26. War’s end for Ulster Division. Roll of Honour

On this day in 1918, twenty-year-old Jack Darling from Enniskillen died. He was the last Portoran to die in the … More

36th Ulster Division, HM Submarine Tetrarch, HMS Flirt, Kilkeel, Portora, Portrush

September 27. Loos, a Portstewart doctor, and a SOE pilot. Roll of Honour

The Battle of Loos impacts on today’s Roll for 1915. An attack at Bellewaerde Lake near Ypres on 25/09/1915 cost … More

BalmoralShow, Loos, Portora, Portstewart, RAMC, SOE

September 25. Loos. Newtownards Gunners at Tobruk. Roll of Honour

On this day in 1915 “The Witness” a Presbyterian Church news magazine described the UVF camps at Clandeboye, Newcastle, and … More

Cultra, London Irish, Loos, Market Garden, Newtownards, Portora, Tobruk

September 3 – Irishmen liberate Guillemont and Ginchy. Roll of Honour

The 16th Irish Division rose to prominence on 3 September 1916 with battles in Guillemont and Ginchy. The Division contained … More

VC, Lisburn, Londonderry, Portora, Canada, Guillemont, Ginchy, 16th Irish Division, Banbridge

August 6. HMS Amphion, the first RN loss of the first world war. Roll of Honour

Today is the anniversary of the first RN ship lost in WW1 and the dropping of the atomic bomb on … More

Amphion, atomic bomb, Coalisland, Dunmurry, Gallipoli, Hiroshima, HMS Amphion, Portora, RBAI, Rockport

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

Aughnacloy, Gorman, Normandy, Portora, Royal Navy Nursing, Sicily, Strabane

June 20. Brothers in arms – Buchanans of Derry; Tyrrells of Belfast. Roll of Honour

Brothers in arms – the Buchanans of Derry; the Tyrrells of Belfast. Three of them died in WW1. In 1941 … More

Foyle College, Gallipoli, HMS Umpire, Inst, Londonderry, Portora, RBAI, Submarine

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