November 1942 saw Lieutenant Bainbridge and his War Office camera focus on soldiers of The Pioneer Corps and a possibly unique company of the Ulster Home Guard.
1st November 1940
On 1st November 1941, Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge photographed soldiers of an Ulster Home Guard Motor Transport Company and members of The Pioneer Corps.
3rd November 1941
On 3rd November 1941, Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge returned to photograph the ongoing work taking place on the new jetty at Larne Harbour, Larne, Co. Antrim.
5th November 1941
On 5th November 1941, Lieutenant Bainbridge photographed members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service as they undertook work at a petrol distributing centre.
7th November 1942
7th November 1942 saw the death of members of the forces with connections to Northern Ireland on land with The Pioneer Corps, at sea, and in the air over Malta.
8th November 1940
Operation Torch, Allied landings in North Africa began on 8th November 1942. Able Seaman Fitzpatrick of Whiteabbey, Co. Antrim was among the first casualties.
9th November 1942
On 9th November 1942, Flight Sergeant Isaac Kennedy of the Royal New Zealand Air Force died in Hamburg, Germany. The airman was born in Ahoghill, Co. Antrim.
10th November 1942
On 10th November 1942, Sergeant Hugh McManus of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve died near Le Havre, France. He was born in Magherafelt, Co. Londonderry.
11th November 1942
On 11th November 1942, members of the Royal Engineers erected a pair of Bailey Bridges across the River Blackwater at the Caledon Park Site in Co. Tyrone.
12th December 2022
On 12th November 1946, United States military personnel captured an aerial view of the Lisnabreeny American Military Cemetery high in the Castlereagh Hills.
13th November 1939
On 13th November 1939, a photographer from the Belfast Telegraph newspaper visited Aldergrove Airfield in Co. Antrim to watch R.A.F. squadrons in action.
14th November 1942
Soldiers with connections to Northern Ireland were on P.O.W. transport ship S.S. Scillin when it came under attack from the Royal Navy on 14th November 1942.
15th November 1939
On 15th November 1939, a Belfast Telegraph photographer observed airmen of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm in training at Sydenham Airfield in east Belfast.
17th November 1939
On 17th November 1939, a newspaper photographer watched naval ratings turn over the engine of their planes at Aldergrove. In 1940, R.A.F. training was underway.
18th November 1940
On 18th November 1940, a Belfast Telegraph photographer spent time with an R.A.F. 502 Squadron crew as they prepared their Mark V Armstrong-Whitworth Whitley.
19th November 1940
On 19th November 1940, a Belfast Telegraph photographer spent time with an R.A.F. 245 Squadron crew as they prepared their Bristol Blenheim bomber for action.
20th November 1942
On 20th November 1942, Sappers from the Royal Engineers in Northern Ireland with 61st Infantry Division took a break from cutting a new road in the Sperrins.
21st November 1942
On 21st November 1942, sappers of 61st Divisional Engineers carried out work on a new road, which meandered through the hilly countryside in Co. Londonderry.
23rd November 1943
On 23rd November 1943, Brigadier G.S. Brunskill C.B.E, M.C. presented the Mitchell Hill Cup to soldiers in Northern Ireland with the best vegetable gardens.
25th November 1942
On 25th November 1942, a Belfast Telegraph photographer looked on as a tug boat and barge brought the fuselage of a Lockheed P-38 Lightning into Belfast Docks.
26th November 1942
On 26th November 1942, members of the Signal Corps held an exhibition featuring displays of their work and equipment including pigeons at Lisburn, Co. Antrim.
27th November 1942
On 27th November 1942, Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge took a series of pictures at Gransha, Co. Down showing damage caused to bridging equipment by an air attack.
28th November 1942
On 28th November 1942, British forces near Omagh, Co. Tyrone carried out an exercise salvaging a Bristol Beaufighter on a pair of Bailey Bridges on the Strule.
29th November 1941
On 29th November 1941 S.S. Thornliebank exploded after coming under attack from U-43. All on board died as a result including George Wilfred Bell of Co. Armagh.
