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Remembrance NI – Every day is a Remembrance Day

Every day is a Remembrance Day

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February 3. Derry fighter pilot brothers. Top RN surgeon. Roll of Honour

Twenty-year-old former law student Stanley Austin, a member of a well-known Londonderry family, was shot down over Tunisia in 1943. … More

Bangor, Campbell College, Commando, Londonderry, Portstewart, QUB, RBL, RM, Robert Mussen, Stanley Austin, Surgeon Rear Admiral, Templepatrick

February 2. Foundation of RAF Regiment. Roll of Honour

This week in 1942 the Royal Air Force Regiment was formed by Royal Warrant. Their motto, Per Ardua – Through … More

Ballymena Academy, Bushmills, Cullybackey, Downpatrick, India, QUB, RAF Regiment, RAMC

February 1. Military Awards 1918. Roll of Honour

Thomas Knox of Dungannon served as aide-de-camp to his father, Lord Ranfurly  in NZ between 1903-1907. Educated at Eton and Sandhurst … More

Aghalee, CAI, Coleraine, El Alamein, Lisburn, Lurgan, QUB

January 29. Anzio sinking survivor’s Sunday date. Roll of Honour

Albert Kirkpatrick survived the sinking of HMS Spartan off Anzio. He kept an interesting weekly date at St Columb’s Cathedral, … More

Anzio, Banbridge, Derry cathedral dog, HMS Avondale, HMS Spartan, LOvell, MCB, QUB, St Helena

January 12. QUB students – WW1 Naval apprentice surgeon;   WW2 Airborne law student warrior. Roll of Honour.

Two clergy sons feature in today’s Roll. Louis Story was an Instonian whose father was rector of Christ Church, Durham … More

Airborne, Dennison, HMS Opal, Inst, Magilligan, Portstewart, QUB, RBAI, Storey

January 10. Ballymena’s most decorated WW1 soldier. Navy doctor helped develop NI hospitals. Roll of Honour

Fred Allen interrupted his medical studies at Queen’s University, Belast, to serve as a RN Surgeon Probationer. During and after … More

ALLEN Fred, Ballymena, Beaumont-Hamel, Cullybackey, Enniskillen, HMS Illustrious, HMS Southampton, Jap POW, Lisburn, QUB

December 22. MP & TA officer mostly responsible for Caubeens. Roll of Honour

Photo – Portrait of Bala Bredin wearing a caubeen. In 1915 Ballymoney man Archie Nichol one of the Royal Dublin … More

Ballymoney, Caubeen, Dublin Fusiliers, Irish rugby, QUB, RAMC, Randalstown, Stephenson

December 11. Sir William Whitla, medical titan, generous benefactor. Roll of Honour

Today’s Roll is a reminder that a country’s response to war is the sum total of the contributions of individuals. … More

Castledawson, HMS Lady Shirley, Lowestoft, Lurgan, QUB, RNPS, Sir William Whitla, WREN

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