25th January in wartime Northern Ireland

On 25th January 1943, Right Honourable Sir James Grigg K.C.B., K.C.S.I, P.C. (Secretary of State for War) began a short visit to Northern Ireland's army bases.

L-R: Lieutenant-General Sir Harold Edmund Franklyn (in British Warm), Major General J.L. Carpenter, Brigadier Charles Edward Hudson V.C., D.S.O. (in Battledress), The Right Honourable Sir James Grigg K.C.B., K.C.S.I, P.C. (Secretary of State for War), unknown, unknown.
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The Right Honourable Sir James Grigg K.C.B., K.C.S.I, P.C. (Secretary of State for War) and Lieutenant-General Sir Harold Edmund Franklyn (in British Warm) observe British Army toughening up and weapon training in Ulster.
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The Right Honourable Sir James Grigg K.C.B., K.C.S.I, P.C. (Secretary of State for War) and British Army Officers observing soldiers of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment training with weapons at Camp 84, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry.
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The Right Honourable Sir James Grigg K.C.B., K.C.S.I, P.C. (Secretary of State for War) and British Army Officers at a Physical Training Centre at Camp 90, Ballymena, Co. Antrim.
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The Right Honourable Sir James Grigg K.C.B., K.C.S.I, P.C. (Secretary of State for War) inspects buildings and quarters at a British Army base in Northern Ireland.
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The Right Honourable Sir James Grigg K.C.B., K.C.S.I, P.C. (Secretary of State for War) inspects buildings and quarters at a British Army base in Northern Ireland.
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The Right Honourable Sir James Grigg K.C.B., K.C.S.I, P.C. (Secretary of State for War) shakes hands with Sergeant Vogel of Holloway, London, England, congratulating him on the efficiency of his 6-week-old Company at a British Army base in Northern Ireland.
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The Right Honourable Sir James Grigg K.C.B., K.C.S.I, P.C. (Secretary of State for War) with Lieutenant-Colonel G.H.K. Ryland (left) and Major General Vivian Henry Bruce Majendie C.B., D.S.O. (centre) at a British Army base in Northern Ireland.
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The Honorable R.B. Beaumont M.P. (Principal Parliamentary Secretary to the Secretary of State for War), The Right Honourable Sir James Grigg K.C.B., K.C.S.I, P.C. (Secretary of State for War), Lieutenant General Sir Harold Edmund Franklyn, and Major General Vivian Henry Bruce Majendie at a British Army base in Northern Ireland.
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