20th November 1942
On 20th November 1942, Sappers from the Royal Engineers in Northern Ireland with 61st Infantry Division took a break from cutting a new road in the Sperrins.
14th November 1942
The hold of the Italian vessel S.S. Scillin could hold around 300 prisoners but more than 800 were on board when it departed from Tripoli in November 1942.
Soldiers with connections to Northern Ireland were on P.O.W. transport ship S.S. Scillin when it came under attack from the Royal Navy on 14th November 1942.
The Second World War brought many changes to life in Northern Ireland. The arrival of the U.S. military in 1942 introduced Ulster people to American football.
On 14th November 1942, 'Hale' took on 'Yarvard' in Belfast's Ravenhill Stadium. It was the first game of American Football in the European Theater of Operations
11th November 1942
On 11th November 1942, members of the Royal Engineers erected a pair of Bailey Bridges across the River Blackwater at the Caledon Park Site in Co. Tyrone.
10th November 1942
On 10th November 1942, Sergeant Hugh McManus of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve died near Le Havre, France. He was born in Magherafelt, Co. Londonderry.
9th November 1942
On 9th November 1942, Flight Sergeant Isaac Kennedy of the Royal New Zealand Air Force died in Hamburg, Germany. The airman was born in Ahoghill, Co. Antrim.
7th November 1942
7th November 1942 saw the death of members of the forces with connections to Northern Ireland on land with The Pioneer Corps, at sea, and in the air over Malta.
31st October 1942
On Hallowe'en 1942, the Ireland's Saturday Night newspaper printed a ghost story of sorts, one with a moral, an oul' storyteller, and a touch of Ulster-Scots.
26th October 1942
On 26th October 1942, Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge photographed members of the Royal Army Service Corps carrying out daily activities at a depot in Belfast.
20th October 1942
On 20th October 1941, the Inland Water Transport patrolled Lough Neagh, while in 1942, ongoing work continued on the new jetty at Larne Harbour in Co. Antrim.
