Draperstown, Co. Londonderry during the Second World War

Exercise "Dragoon", a British Royal Artillery training manoeuvre took place in the Sperrin Mountains near Draperstown, Co. Londonderry on 1st April 1942.

Draperstown

Co. Londonderry

Northern Ireland

150th Field Regiment in Draperstown, Co. Londonderry — Imperial War Museum Photo: H 18493 (Part of the War Office Second World War Official Collection). 150th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, 148th Independent Infantry Brigade Group firing a 25 pounder field gun during Exercise "Dragoon" in the Sperrin Mountains, Draperstown, Co. Londonderry on 1st April 1942. Photo taken by Lieutenant JR Bainbridge - Official War Office Photographer.