1st December in wartime Northern Ireland

On 1st December 1942, a military training exercise took place on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down that saw the area covered with a thick smokescreen.

A parachutist lands as a smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down.
©IWM H 25897 Info
A parachutist lands as a smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down.
©IWM H 25898 Info
A barrage balloon gets airborne as a smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down.
©IWM H 25899 Info
A smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down.
©IWM H 25900 Info
A barrage balloon gets airborne as a smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down.
©IWM H 25901 Info
A barrage balloon gets airborne as a smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down.
©IWM H 25902 Info
A smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down.
©IWM H 25903 Info
A smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down.
©IWM H 25904 Info
A smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down.
©IWM H 25905 Info
A smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down.
©IWM H 25906 Info
A smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down.
©IWM H 25907 Info
A barrage balloon gets airborne as a smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down.
©IWM H 25908 Info
A smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down.
©IWM H 25909 Info
A smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down.
©IWM H 25910 Info
A smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down.
©IWM H 25911 Info
A smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down.
©IWM H 25912 Info
A smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down.
©IWM H 25913 Info
A smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down.
©IWM H 25914 Info
A smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down.
©IWM H 25915 Info
A smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down.
©IWM H 25916 Info
A smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down.
©IWM H 25917 Info
Photograph showing the engineering details of the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down.
©IWM H 25918 Info
Photograph showing the engineering details of the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down.
©IWM H 25919 Info
Photograph showing the engineering details of the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down.
©IWM H 25920 Info
Photograph showing the engineering details of the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down.
©IWM H 25921 Info
Photograph showing the engineering details of the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down.
©IWM H 25922 Info
Photograph showing the engineering details of the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down.
©IWM H 25923 Info
Photograph showing the engineering details of the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down.
©IWM H 25924 Info

Remembered on 1st December

William John Sewell Coggle

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Rifleman William John Sewell Coggle of the Shankill area of Belfast died on 1st December 1943. He served with 2nd Battalion, The London irish Rifles in Italy.

William Francis Duff

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Fusilier William Francis Duff of Valentine Street, Belfast was only 20 years old yet an experienced soldier at his time of death in Italy on 1st December 1943.

Alexander Major

Chief Officer Alexander Major served on British Merchant vessel S.S. Loch Lomond. He died on 1st December 1943 and his grave is in a family plot in Gibraltar.

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