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Remembrance NI – Every day is a Remembrance Day

Every day is a Remembrance Day

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February 16. QUB doctor’s service in both wars. Roll of Honour

William McMeekin Chesney, MC, and Bar, MiD, was studying medicine at Queen’s University when he joined the OTC in 1911. … More

Ahoghill, Dromore, Fitzroy Church, HMS Caroline, Medic, Purple Heart, QUB, RAMC, Singapore, Warrenpoint

February 15. Newry pilot’s DFC and 14 bombing missions. Roll of Honour

Robert Nugent from Belfast had served in China and India before WW1. He took part in the Gallipoli landing before … More

502 (Ulster) Squadron, Aldergrove, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Canada, China, Gallipoli, India, Killyleagh, Newry, Omagh, RAF Reserve, Singapore

January 26. Australia Day. Son of Belfast shipyard founder. First US troops deploy in WW2. Roll of Honour

The Australian National Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux is a memorial to 62,000 Australian personnel who died during the First World War … More

Australia, Australian memorial, Boys’ Brigade, Singapore, US Army, Villers-Bretonneux, Workman Clark

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

October 1. 1,816 POWs lost in Japanese ship sinking. Roll of Honour

Twelve remembered today rest in Dadizeele New British Cemetery (Photo), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. They died this day in 1918 near Hill … More

Dadizeele, HILL 41, Japanese POW, Lisbon Maru, Singapore

August 27. Tourist attraction was troop ship. A Derry drum. Roll of Honour

The Battle of Le Cateau took place on August 26th, 1914. A Derryman Drummer Kydd, of the 2nd Battalion Royal … More

D Day, Inniskilling drum, Japanese POW, Nomadic, RUR Keegan, Singapore

August 16. Second worst day of WW1. Seven Instonians die. Roll of Honour

On this day in 1917 The Battle of Langmarck began. It was fought in horrendous ground and weather conditions. Enemy … More

36th (Ulster), Burma, Inst, Langemarck, RBAI, Singapore, VJ Day, Ypres

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