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.
©IWM H 26086 Info
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.
©IWM H 26092 Info
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.
©IWM H 26095 Info
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.
©IWM H 26097 Info
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.
©IWM H 26098 Info
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.
©IWM H 26099 Info
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.
©IWM H 26100 Info
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.
©IWM H 26101 Info
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.
©IWM H 26102 Info
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.
©IWM H 26103 Info
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.
©IWM H 26104 Info
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.
©IWM H 26105 Info
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.
©IWM H 26106 Info
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.
©IWM H 26107 Info
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.
©IWM H 26108 Info
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.
©IWM H 26109 Info
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.
©IWM H 26110 Info
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.
©IWM H 26111 Info
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.
©IWM H 26112 Info
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.
©IWM H 26113 Info
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.
©IWM H 26114 Info
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.
©IWM H 26116 Info
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.
©IWM H 26117 Info
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.
©IWM H 26118 Info
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.
©IWM H 26119 Info
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.
©IWM H 26120 Info
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.
©IWM H 26121 Info
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.
©IWM H 26122 Info
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.
©IWM H 26123 Info
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.
©IWM H 26124 Info
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.
©IWM H 26126 Info
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.
©IWM H 26128 Info
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.
©IWM H 26129 Info
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.
©IWM H 26130 Info
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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Remembered on 4th December

Thomas Allen

7012142

Serjeant Thomas Allen served in 1st Battalion, London Irish Rifles. He married Annie Davidson of Armagh and they had a daughter, Lucy who never met her father.

Stanley James Henderson

13011982

Fusilier Stanley James Henderson of Belfast served with the Irish Brigade as part of 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers in Italy at his time of death in 1943.

John William Smillie

7019584

Rifleman John William Smillie of Dunclug, Ballymena, Co. Antrim died on 4th December 1943 while serving in Italy with 2nd Battalion, The London Irish Rifles.

Peter John Treanor

2721340

Rifleman Peter John Treanor of Crossmaglen, Co. Armagh served in the Irish Brigade with 2nd Battalion, The London Irish Rifles in the Italian campaign in 1943.

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