11th September in wartime Northern Ireland

On 11th September 1942, 9th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment took part in a training exercise crossing a river in the countryside at Bushmills, Co. Antrim.

Royal Warwickshire Regiment in 1942

Soldiers from 9th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment took part in a training exercise around the village of Bushmills, Co. Antrim on 11th September 1942.

A soldier of 9th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment prepares to swim across a river between Bushmills and Coleraine, Co. Londonderry. — ©IWM H 23858 Info

A soldier of 9th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment carries his bicycle across a river between Bushmills and Coleraine, Co. Londonderry. — ©IWM H 23859 Info

Remembered on 11th September

Henry Howard Maginn

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Sergeant Henry Howard Maginn of Portadown, Co. Armagh died on 11th September 1942 while on a Bomber Command raid over Germany in a Short Stirling bomber.