6th September in wartime Northern Ireland

On 6th September 1941, the British Army demonstrated their prowess at laundry and also in the use of trucks and bridges to make light work of river crossings.

Mobile Laundry Unit in Northern Ireland

On 6th September 1941, Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge visited a Mobile Laundry Unit in Northern Ireland where over 600 shirts per hour can be washed for the Army.

A general view of a Mobile Laundry Unit contained in large trailers, where more than 600 shirts per hour are washed in Northern Ireland. — ©IWM H 13689 Info

A view inside the wash house of a Mobile Laundry Unit contained in large trailers, where more than 600 shirts per hour are washed in Northern Ireland. — ©IWM H 13690 Info

A washing machine and hydro-extractor in a Mobile Laundry Unit contained in large trailers, where more than 600 shirts per hour are washed in Northern Ireland. — ©IWM H 13691 Info

A tumble-dryer in a Mobile Laundry Unit contained in large trailers, where more than 600 shirts per hour are washed in Northern Ireland. — ©IWM H 13692 Info

A continuous drying machine in a Mobile Laundry Unit contained in large trailers, where more than 600 shirts per hour are washed in Northern Ireland. — ©IWM H 13693 Info

Soldiers sort out the washing at a Mobile Laundry Unit contained in large trailers, where more than 600 shirts per hour are washed in Northern Ireland. — ©IWM H 13695 Info

The water sterilisation and purification plant at a Mobile Laundry Unit contained in large trailers, where more than 600 shirts per hour are washed in Northern Ireland. — ©IWM H 13696 Info

Soldiers from a group of a Mobile Laundry Unit contained in large trailers, where more than 600 shirts per hour are washed in Northern Ireland. — ©IWM H 13697 Info

Anti-Tank Regiment Training

Portee Trucks and lightweight bridging material facilitated the crossing of a Northern Irish river for soldiers of an Anti-Tank Regiment on 6th September 1941.

Members of an Anti-Tank Regiment demonstrate the use of a Portee Truck towing guns across a river during a training exercise in Northern Ireland. — ©IWM H 13698 Info

Members of an Anti-Tank Regiment demonstrate methods of towing guns across a river during a training exercise in Northern Ireland. — ©IWM H 13703 Info

Members of an Anti-Tank Regiment demonstrate methods of transporting guns up a rocky hillside during a training exercise in Northern Ireland. — ©IWM H 13707 Info

A soldier carries a section of bridge consisting of a pair of tubular girders during a training exercise in Northern Ireland. — ©IWM H 13711 Info

Soldiers place a section of bridge consisting of a pair of tubular girders across a stream during a training exercise in Northern Ireland. — ©IWM H 13712 Info

A Portee Truck carrying an anti-tank gun prepares to cross a section of bridge consisting of a pair of tubular girders during a training exercise in Northern Ireland. — ©IWM H 13713 Info

A Portee Truck carrying an anti-tank gun crosses a section of bridge consisting of a pair of tubular girders during a training exercise in Northern Ireland. — ©IWM H 13714 Info

Soldiers transporting an anti-tank gun across a section of bridge consisting of a pair of tubular girders during a training exercise in Northern Ireland. — ©IWM H 13716 Info

A soldier demonstrating a twin-mounting for a Bren Gun on a Portee Truck during a training exercise in Northern Ireland. — ©IWM H 13718 Info

Remembered on 6th September

Frederick Samuel Diplock

Sergeant Frederick Samuel Diplock of Belfast was serving in R.A.F. No. 15 Advanced Flying Unit in Yorkshire, England at his time of death on 6th September 1942.

James Taylor Tweedie

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Trooper James Taylor Tweedie of Portadown, Co. Armagh died on 6th September 1944 while serving with the North Irish Horse, Royal Armoured Corps in Italy.