18th April in wartime Northern Ireland

On 18th April 1941, 1/5th Battalion, The Welsh Regiment took part in a training exercise over open moorland using Universal Carriers near Newry, Co. Down.

Soldiers of 1/5th Battalion, The Welsh Regiment travel over open moorland past stacks of peat in a Universal Carrier near Newry, Co. Down.
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Soldiers of 1/5th Battalion, The Welsh Regiment halt their Universal Carrier by a peat stack and cover it with camouflage near Newry, Co. Down.
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Soldiers of 1/5th Battalion, The Welsh Regiment halt their Universal Carrier by a peat stack and cover it with camouflage near Newry, Co. Down.
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Soldiers of 1/5th Battalion, The Welsh Regiment look out for
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Soldiers of 1/5th Battalion, The Welsh Regiment look out for
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Soldiers of 1/5th Battalion, The Welsh Regiment look out for
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Soldiers of 1/5th Battalion, The Welsh Regiment look out for
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Soldiers of 1/5th Battalion, The Welsh Regiment concealed behind an old cart wheel during a training exercise near Newry, Co. Down.
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