Victoria Park, Belfast

During the Second World War, officers carried out inspections of army battalions as they lined they open ground in east Belfast's spacious Victoria Park.

A royal inspection in 1941

On 22nd April 1941, His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester inspected elements of 9th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment at Victoria Park in East Belfast.

Lieutenant General Sir Henry Royds Pownall K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O., M.C. (General Officer Commanding British Troops in Northern Ireland) and Major General Ridley Packenham Packenham-Walshe (General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland District) accompanying His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester during an inspection of 9th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment at Victoria Park, Belfast. — ©IWM H 9122 Info

Brigadier G.F. Watson D.S.O. looks on as His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester speaks with a member of 9th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment at Victoria Park, Belfast. — ©IWM H 9123 Info

His Royal Highness The Duke Of Gloucester in wartime Northern Ireland

21st April 1941

On 21st April 1941, His Royal Highness, the Duke of Gloucester arrived at R.A.F. Aldergrove, Co. Antrim to begin a short visit to Ulster.