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Every day is a Remembrance Day

Tag: Somme

December 1. The largest cemetery on the Somme. Roll of Honour

Serre Road Cemetery No 2. is the largest CWGC cemetery on the Somme with over 7,000 graves there. John Milliken … More

Ballyclare, Ballymena, Bangor, Coleraine, Italy, Japanese POW, Larne, Royal Marines, Somme

August 10. The UVF dry land sailors honoured by the Tzar. Roll of Honour

Walter Smyles, grandfather of Bear Grylls, was among the 111 Royal Navy personnel from Northern Ireland who were involved in … More

Ballymoney, Bear Grylls, Coleraine, Gallipoli, Glynn, Holywood, Kilrea, Princess Victoria, RNAS, Royal Naval Air Service, Sir Walter Smiles, Somme, Ypres

July 5 – Stories of the Somme – Dunadry men. Roll of Honour

The short story of three men from an Ulster hamlet. One was awarded an MM and DCM. William Swain serving … More

Alamein, Brookeborough, Campbell College, Dunadry, Dundrod, Royal Naval Division, Somme

July 1. School and linen company at Somme. VCs. John Buchan tribute. Roll of Honour

There was not an aspect of society in Northern Ireland upon which the Battle of the Somme did not impact. … More

36th (Ulster) Division, Buchan, Cullbackey, Inst, RBAI, Somme, Spender, Theipval Memorial, VC

June 30. The 36th (Ulster) Division. Roll of Honour

On the eve of the Battle of the Somme, the bloodiest day in the history of the British Army, Remembrance … More

36th Ulster, Cramsie, North Irish Horse, Portadown College, RBAI, Seale, Somme, Ulster Division

Stories of the Somme – The Fountain men of Londonderry

Virtually every community in Northern Ireland lost husbands, sons and brothers at the Somme. One such was the Fountain area … More

5 July, Fountain, July 5, Londonderry, Somme

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