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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jonathan McCambridge

Royal Irish holds ceremonies across globe to remember 18 VC recipients

Special ceremonies have taken place simultaneously across the globe to remember 18 Royal Irish Regiment soldiers who received the Victoria Cross.

The remembrance services took place at 11am on July 1 – the first day of the Somme battle in 1916 – at the resting places of the VC recipients in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, England, Israel, Turkey, Belgium, France and India.

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