17th October in wartime Northern Ireland

On 17th October 1941, an Anti-Tank Battery took part in a training exercise with the 'Battery H.Q.' at a rural farmhouse near Lislap House, Gortin, Co. Tyrone.

Lieutenant General Harold Edmund Franklyn C.B., D.S.O., M.C. (General Officer Commanding British Troops in Northern Ireland) and other British Army Officers observe an exercise by 208th Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery at Lislap House, Gortin, Co. Tyrone.
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Lieutenant General Harold Edmund Franklyn C.B., D.S.O., M.C. (General Officer Commanding British Troops in Northern Ireland) and other British Army Officers observe an exercise by 208th Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery at Lislap House, Gortin, Co. Tyrone.
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A British Army lorry tows an anti-tank gun during an exercise by 208th Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery at Lislap House, Gortin, Co. Tyrone.
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A rural farmyard serves as a Battery Headquarters during an exercise by 208th Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery at Lislap House, Gortin, Co. Tyrone.
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A rural farmyard serves as a Battery Headquarters during an exercise by 208th Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery at Lislap House, Gortin, Co. Tyrone.
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A rural farmyard serves as a Battery Headquarters during an exercise by 208th Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery at Lislap House, Gortin, Co. Tyrone.
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A Battery Commander gives orders at a rural farmyard serving as a Battery Headquarters during an exercise by 208th Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery at Lislap House, Gortin, Co. Tyrone.
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A rural farmyard serves as a Battery Headquarters during an exercise by 208th Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery at Lislap House, Gortin, Co. Tyrone.
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An exercise in the Northern Ireland countryside by 208th Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery at Lislap House, Gortin, Co. Tyrone.
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An exercise in the Northern Ireland countryside by 208th Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery at Lislap House, Gortin, Co. Tyrone.
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An exercise in the Northern Ireland countryside by 208th Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery at Lislap House, Gortin, Co. Tyrone.
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A British Army lorry gets in trouble crossing a river during an exercise by 208th Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery at Lislap House, Gortin, Co. Tyrone.
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A British Army lorry gets in trouble crossing a river during an exercise by 208th Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery at Lislap House, Gortin, Co. Tyrone.
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A British Army lorry gets in trouble crossing a river during an exercise by 208th Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery at Lislap House, Gortin, Co. Tyrone.
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A British Army lorry gets in trouble crossing a river during an exercise by 208th Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery at Lislap House, Gortin, Co. Tyrone.
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