Muckamore, Co. Antrim during the Second World War

On 1st August 1941, soldiers of 8th (Nottinghamshire) Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters underwent training in river crossing and more at Muckmore, Co. Antrim.

Soldiers of 8th (Nottinghamshire) Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters, 148th Independent Infantry Brigade with full kit including rifles and bayonets swimming across the Six Mile Water near Muckamore, Co. Antrim. — ©IWM H 12476 Info

Soldiers of 8th (Nottinghamshire) Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters, 148th Independent Infantry Brigade with full kit including rifles and bayonets swimming across the Six Mile Water near Muckamore, Co. Antrim. — ©IWM H 12477 Info

Soldiers of 8th (Nottinghamshire) Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters, 148th Independent Infantry Brigade with full kit including rifles and bayonets swimming across the Six Mile Water near Muckamore, Co. Antrim. — ©IWM H 12478 Info

Soldiers of 8th (Nottinghamshire) Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters, 148th Independent Infantry Brigade with full kit including rifles and bayonets emerge from the Six Mile Water near Muckamore, Co. Antrim. — ©IWM H 12479 Info

Soldiers of 8th (Nottinghamshire) Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters, 148th Independent Infantry Brigade with camouflaged helmets, Tommy guns, and mortars training at the Six Mile Water near Muckamore, Co. Antrim. — ©IWM H 12480 Info

Soldiers of 8th (Nottinghamshire) Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters, 148th Independent Infantry Brigade in a Universal Carrier make an almost vertical drop during a training exercise near Muckamore, Co. Antrim. — ©IWM H 12481 Info

Soldiers of 8th (Nottinghamshire) Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters, 148th Independent Infantry Brigade carry bicycles over rough terrain during a training exercise near Muckamore, Co. Antrim. — ©IWM H 12482 Info

Soldiers of 8th (Nottinghamshire) Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters, 148th Independent Infantry Brigade clear an obstacle with bayonets raised during a training exercise near Muckamore, Co. Antrim. — ©IWM H 12483 Info

Soldiers of 8th (Nottinghamshire) Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters, 148th Independent Infantry Brigade cross a high brock wall during a training exercise near Muckamore, Co. Antrim. — ©IWM H 12484 Info

Soldiers of 8th (Nottinghamshire) Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters, 148th Independent Infantry Brigade use fellow soldiers lying on the coils of Dannert Wire as 'footstools' during a training exercise near Muckamore, Co. Antrim. — ©IWM H 12485 Info

Officers of 8th (Nottinghamshire) Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters, 148th Independent Infantry Brigade near Muckamore, Co. Antrim. — ©IWM H 12486 Info