28th December 1942
On 28th December 1942, Lance Corporal Samuel Kane of Portadown, Co. Armagh died serving in 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers during their time in Tunisia.
Belfast
During the Second World War, Pollock Dock in Belfast was a hive of wartime activity with troop transports and the arrival of military equipment to the city.
27th December 1942
On 27th December 1942, a Belfast Telegraph photographer captured a Royal Navy frigate showing considerable damage to the stern moored at Belfast's Pollock Dock.
23rd December 1942
On 23rd December 1942, a soldier underwent treatment for a damaged jaw at No. 24 (London) General Hospital based at Campbell College, a school in East Belfast.
15th December 1942
On 15th December 1942, Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge visited Larne, Co. Antrim to continue photographing progress on the construction of the new wartime jetty.
14th December 1942
We remember those who died on 14th December throughout the war, and look back at the visit of the Deputy Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia to Northern Ireland.
13th December 1942
On 13th December 1942, Deputy Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia M. Jan Masaryk continued a series of engagements in Belfast during a short visit to Ulster.
12th December 1942
On 12th December 1942, Deputy Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia M. Jan Masaryk continued a series of engagements in Belfast during a short visit to Ulster.
11th December 1942
On 11th December 1942, Deputy Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia M. Jan Masaryk continued a series of engagements in Belfast during a short visit to Ulster.
10th December 1942
On 10th December 1942, Deputy Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia M. Jan Masaryk continued a series of engagements in Belfast during a short visit to Ulster.
18 Royal Avenue Belfast BT1 1DD
Grand Central Hotel once stood on Royal Avenue. During the Second World War, the hotel hosted military guests such as Lieutenant General Alan Gordon Cunningham.
9th December 1942
In December 1942, Czechoslovakian Deputy Prime Minister Jan Masaryk visited Northern Ireland, taking part in several engagements in Belfast.