5th November in wartime Northern Ireland

On 5th November 1941, Lieutenant Bainbridge photographed members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service as they undertook work at a petrol distributing centre.

A.T.S. at work distributing petrol

On 5th November 1941, Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge photographed members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service as they undertook work at a petrol distributing centre.

Members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service off-load empty petrol cans on to a roller conveyor where they are inspected, repaired, cleaned, and refilled at a petrol distributing centre in Northern Ireland.
©IWM H 15420 Info
Members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service off-load empty petrol cans on to a roller conveyor where they are inspected, repaired, cleaned, and refilled at a petrol distributing centre in Northern Ireland.
©IWM H 15421 Info
Members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service off-load empty petrol cans on to a roller conveyor where they are inspected, repaired, cleaned, and refilled at a petrol distributing centre in Northern Ireland.
©IWM H 15422 Info
A member of the Auxiliary Territorial Service repairing a leaking petrol can with a soldering iron in a repair shop at a petrol distributing centre in Northern Ireland.
©IWM H 15423 Info
A member of the Auxiliary Territorial Service repairing a leaking petrol can with a soldering iron in a repair shop at a petrol distributing centre in Northern Ireland.
©IWM H 15424 Info
A member of the Auxiliary Territorial Service repairing a leaking petrol can with a soldering iron in a repair shop at a petrol distributing centre in Northern Ireland.
©IWM H 15425 Info
Members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service operating semi-automatic filling machines to replenish petrol cans at a petrol distributing centre in Northern Ireland.
©IWM H 15427 Info
Members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service operating semi-automatic filling machines to replenish petrol cans at a petrol distributing centre in Northern Ireland.
©IWM H 15428 Info
Members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service operating semi-automatic filling machines to replenish petrol cans at a petrol distributing centre in Northern Ireland.
©IWM H 15429 Info
A Sergeant demonstrates to a member of the Auxiliary Territorial Service the way to apply a washer to a screw plug of a petrol can at a petrol distributing centre in Northern Ireland.
©IWM H 15431 Info
A member of the Auxiliary Territorial Service working with thousands of washers for the screw plugs of petrol cans at a petrol distributing centre in Northern Ireland.
©IWM H 15432 Info
A member of the Auxiliary Territorial Service working with thousands of washers for the screw plugs of petrol cans at a petrol distributing centre in Northern Ireland.
©IWM H 15433 Info
A railway truck loaded with empty petrol cans at a petrol distributing centre in Northern Ireland.
©IWM H 15434 Info
A railway truck loaded with filled petrol cans at a petrol distributing centre in Northern Ireland.
©IWM H 15435 Info
A railway truck loaded with filled petrol cans at a petrol distributing centre in Northern Ireland.
©IWM H 15436 Info

Remembered on 5th November

James McNeilly Belshaw

Carpenter James McNeilly Belshaw of Ballywalter, Co. Down was on board S.S. Kenbane Head when it came under attack from a German vessel on 5th November 1940.

Patrick Traynor

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Private Patrick Traynor, a married man of Ballycastle, Co. Antrim died on 5th November 1942 aged 44 years old while serving with The Pioneer Corps in Malaysia.

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