On 19th September 1941, Valentine Tanks rolled through the town of Ballymena, Co. Antrim. One year on, an Ulster Home Guard Motor Boat Patrol took to the water.
On 19th September 1941, soldiers of South Wales Borderers and the North Irish Horse took part in an exercise that saw Valentine Tanks roll through Ballymena.
On 19th September 1942, War Office Photographer Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge photographed volunteers of an Ulster Home Guard Motor Boat Patrol on duty in Northern Ireland.