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Remembrance NI – Every day is a Remembrance Day

Every day is a Remembrance Day

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March 3. Inniskilling veteran’s service to NI Commonwealth Games Council. Roll of Honour

Today’s Roll of Honour includes the records of a Belfast officer William Lyons who was adjutant of the Royal Welsh … More

Ballymena, Canada, Coleraine, Commonwealth Games, Dungannon, QUB, QUBOTC, Randalstown, Vimy Ridge

December 29. International rugby players served in WW1. Roll of Honour

On the first day of 1912 Ireland played France at rugby in Paris. Irish internationals Alfred Squire Taylor, William Victor … More

Ballymoney, Bushmills, Irish rugby, Japanese POW, Randalstown, Rugby internationals

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

November 4. Arthur O’Neill from NI was first MP killed in WW1. Roll of Honour

The first Member of Parliament to be killed in action during the First World War was Captain Arthur O’Neill of … More

Ahoghill, Canada, Member of Parliament, MP, New Zealand, Randalstown, Upperlands

October 29. Dungannon polar expert improved Arctic convoy kit. Roll of Honour

Surgeon Captain Edward W Bingham from Dungannon was one of the most experienced polar explorers before WW2. His expertise developed … More

Arctic convoy, Dervock, Dungannon, Dungannon RS, polar explorer, Randalstown

October 23. Five sons of the Manse. Roll of Honour

Photo – Wimeruex Cemetery near Bologne where headstones are laid flat due to winds and sandy soil along the coastal … More

Canada, Flanders Fields, HMS Unique, Le Cateau, Lt Col John McCrae, Poyntzpass, Randalstown, Submarines, Wimeruex

October 5. From battlefield to pulpit. Roll of Honour

Photo – V Beach cemetery, Helles, Gallipoli. John MacKeown from Whitehead, a Second Lieutenant with the Connaught Rangers, was a … More

38 Irish Brigade, Culbertson Jackson, Fivemiletown, New Zealand, Presbyterian, Randalstown

August 29. Costly service in Bomber Command. Roll of Honour

Robert Whelan a Company Sergeant Major with the Royal Irish Rifles was awarded both the Military Medal and the Military … More

Bomber Command, Castlerock, QUB, RAMC, Randalstown, VC, Veterans

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