4th December in wartime Northern Ireland

On 4th December 1942, Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge photographed Non-Divisional Engineers at work in R.E.M.E. workshops in both Holywood and Gilford, Co. Down.

Staff Sergeant Tocher of Aberdeen, Scotland inspecting an American theodolite in need of repair at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down.
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Craftsman Thomas of Kensington, London, England working on speedometers in need of repair at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down.
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Craftsman Short of Liverpool, England repairing optical instruments at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down.
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Lance Corporal Isherwood of Bolton, Lancashire, England, a trained watchmaker at work at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down.
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Craftsman Lewis of Bournemouth, England attending to a Burroughs Adding Machine at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down.
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Craftsman Crimp of Bermondsey, Londond, England repairing an army typewriter at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down.
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Craftsman Snell of Chester, England testing an anti-aircraft rangefinder in need of repair at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down.
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Craftsman Ellis of Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire, Wales and Craftsman Collins of Liverpool, England at work on delicate wireless radio equipment at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down.
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Sergeant Hotchin of Louth, Lincolnshire, England at work on delicate wireless radio equipment at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down.
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Armourer Staff Sergeant Mawdsley of Bacup, Lancashire, England and Craftsman Gillard of Hull, Yorkshire, England at work on delicate wireless radio equipment at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down.
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Craftsman Sykes of Bradford, Yorkshire, England at work on delicate wireless radio equipment at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down.
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Driver Corporal Osborne of Hornsey, London, England, Lance Corporal Bolton of Wigan, Lancashire, England, and Craftsman Bradley of Woolwich, London, England at work on a tank transporter at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down.
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Lance Corporal H.C. Ingram of Shefford, Bedfordshire, England and Craftsman Sweetland of Staines, Middlesex, England at work in a 6
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Craftsman Bellew of Tottenham, London, England and Craftsman E.W. Cook of Woodford, Essex, England at work in a blacksmith's shop at 3 Non Divisional Engineers, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Gilford, Co. Down.
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Craftsman Cathcart of Greenock, Scotland welding using power from a lorry engine at 3 Non Divisional Engineers, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Gilford, Co. Down.
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Craftsman Cathcart of Greenock, Scotland welding using power from a lorry engine at 3 Non Divisional Engineers, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Gilford, Co. Down.
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Craftsman Andrews of New Malden, Surrey, England at work textile refitting at 3 Non Divisional Engineers, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Gilford, Co. Down.
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Craftsman E. Berry of Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, Craftsman Harper of Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, England, and Lace Corporal H. Barret of Blackpool, Lancashire, England fitting an engine in a lorry chassis at 3 Non Divisional Engineers, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Gilford, Co. Down.
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Craftsman G. Erselius of Holloway, London, England, Lance Corporal H. Roberts of Northwich, Cheshire, England, and Sergeant W. Wallis of New Malden, Surrey fitting an engine to a Universal Carrier at 3 Non Divisional Engineers, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Gilford, Co. Down.
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Craftsman Fingleton of Manchester, England at work in a mobile machinery lorry at 3 Non Divisional Engineers, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Gilford, Co. Down.
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Craftsman Fingleton of Manchester, England and Craftsman J. Lyons of Greenock, Scotland at work in a mobile machinery lorry at 3 Non Divisional Engineers, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Gilford, Co. Down.
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Craftsman J.C. Hart of South Shields, England drives a mobile stories lorry at 3 Non Divisional Engineers, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Gilford, Co. Down.
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Craftsman Redmore of Cwmcarn, Monmouthshire, Wales, Driver F.J. Woods of Mill Hill, London, England, and Craftsman W.L. Thomas of Southend, England winching a Universal Carrier on to a trailer at 3 Non Divisional Engineers, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Gilford, Co. Down.
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Craftsman Redmore of Cwmcarn, Monmouthshire, Wales, Driver Thomas, Craftsman Gumbrell of Bognor, England, and Private Blake of Bermondsey, London, England winching a Universal Carrier on to a trailer at 3 Non Divisional Engineers, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Gilford, Co. Down.
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Corporal Hunt of West Henningfield, Essex, England undertaking highly-skilled cylinder reboring at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down.
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18-year-old Craftsman Pennington of Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone working as a turner and machinist at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down.
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Craftsman Bell of Liverpool, England working with a precision grinder making crankshafts at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down.
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Craftsman G. Reid of Belfast under training from carpenter W. Robson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down.
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Ex-serviceman Frank Johnston of Bangor, Co. Down stitching gun covers at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down.
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Craftsman Coplovitch of Tottenham, London, England working making motorcycle seats at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down.
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Craftsman Graves of Gorton, Manchester, England working repairing binocular cases at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down.
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Craftsman E.J. Jones of Edmonton, London, England working as an electric arc welder at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down.
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Craftsman S. Shelley of Cowesley near Wolverhampton, England working as an acetylene welder at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down.
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Staff Sergeant James Boyce of Comber, Co. Down spraying metal onto worn parts in a process known as metalisation at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down.
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Craftsman E. McGrane of Twickenham, London, England is a diesel engine expert working as a fuel pump tester at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down.
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Craftsman H. Walker of Whitby, Yorkshire, England is a coppersmith responsible for testing Dixies at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down.
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Craftsman J. Blair of Derry~Londonderry and Craftsman H. Rennie of Strichen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland working repairing assault boats at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down.
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Craftsman J. Hanley of Bolton, Lancashire, England and Lance Corporal N. Snowdon of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England punching sheet metal at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down.
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Craftsman P. Hawkins of Swinford, Co. Mayo, Ireland working soldering petrol tanks at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down.
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Craftsman A.E. Bell of Sulby, Isle of Man and Craftsman D. Gough of Wolverhampton, England at work overhauling a diesel engine at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down.
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Craftsman J. McKinstry of Strabane, Co. Tyrone at work in the vulcanising plant at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down.
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Craftsman J. Stacey of Shillelagh, Co. Wicklow, Ireland and Craftsman M. Toshner of Glasgow, Scotland working repairing an engine at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down.
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Craftsman J. Fisher of Manchester, England and Sergeant Darragh of Belfast fitting an engine in to a Valentine Tank at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down.
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Craftsman J. Fisher of Manchester, England and Sergeant Darragh of Belfast fitting an engine in to a Valentine Tank at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down.
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Craftsman Shannon of Castlefin, Co. Donegal, Ireland at work fitting up a 25-pounder gun at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down.
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Armourer Staff Sergeant Wiltshire of Dronefield, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England examining a Vickers Machine Gun at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down.
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Painting bayonets at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down.
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Craftsman A. Wilcock of Leeds, Yorkshire, England turning intricate precision parts on a watchmaker's lathe at 3 Non Divisional Engineers, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Gilford, Co. Down.
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Craftsman Thomson of Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland testing optical instruments at 3 Non Divisional Engineers, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Gilford, Co. Down.
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