25th October in wartime Northern Ireland

On 25th October 1943, the Director General of the Home Guard inspected a Cadet Battalion of the Royal Ulster Rifles at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution.

Colonel William Duff Gibbon D.S.O., M.C., M.A. (Cadet Colonel Commandant), Major General Lord Bridgeman D.S.O., M.C. (Director General of the Home Guard), and Mr. D.H. Alexander (Headmaster of Belfast Technical College) ahead of an inspection of Army Cadet Force units at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution.
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Major General Lord Bridgeman D.S.O., M.C. (Director General of the Home Guard) talking to a Sergeant during an inspection of a Cadet Battalion of the Royal Ulster Rifles at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution.
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Major General Lord Bridgeman D.S.O., M.C. (Director General of the Home Guard) talking to a Sergeant during an inspection of a Cadet Battalion of the Royal Ulster Rifles at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution.
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Major General Lord Bridgeman D.S.O., M.C. (Director General of the Home Guard) accompanied by Mr. J.H. Grummit (Headmaster of the Royal Belfast Academical Institution) during an inspection of a Cadet Battalion of the Royal Ulster Rifles at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution.
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Major General Lord Bridgeman D.S.O., M.C. (Director General of the Home Guard) accompanied by Mr. J.H. Grummit (Headmaster of the Royal Belfast Academical Institution) during an inspection of a Cadet Battalion of the Royal Ulster Rifles at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution.
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Major General Lord Bridgeman D.S.O., M.C. (Director General of the Home Guard) takes the salute during an inspection of a Cadet Battalion of the Royal Ulster Rifles at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution.
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