Featured today is Tyne-Cot War Cemetery. It is the largest British military cemetery in the world. Its size and scale … More
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October 21. Ulster Rifles and Artillery in liberation of Italy. Roll of Honour
Autumn takes hold and the colours at CWGC cemeteries are now changing, as at the WW2 Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery … More
October 20. Last movement of 36th (Ulster) Division. Kilrea born Royal Flying Corps pilot. Roll of Honour
There are ten members of the Royal Irish Rifles remembered in today’s Roll of Honour. On the night of the … More
October 1. 1,816 POWs lost in Japanese ship sinking. Roll of Honour
Fourteen remembered in today’s Roll rest in Dadizeele New British Cemetery (Photo), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. They died this day in 1918 … More
September 29. Royal Inniskilling Fusilier awarded Victoria Cross. Roll of Honour
On this day in 1918, the Allies smash through Germany’s ‘Hindenburg Line’. Within 43 days, WW1 will be over. The … More
September 28. NI naval crew members signed Ulster Covenant in China. Roll of Honour
Eight NI naval men signed the Ulster Covenant in China in HMS Monmouth. They included these three. John Bleakley from … More
September 26 – Inniskillings VC, Loos and Arnhem. Roll of Honour
On This Day in 1916 the award of the Victoria Cross to Enniskillen-born Captain Eric Norman Frankland Bell of the … More
September 19 – NI Navigator died with Guy Gibson VC. Roll of Honour
Using sources in the Netherlands, Remembrance Ni reveals the quite remarkable story of James Warwick the Dam Buster navigator from … More