Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down

During the Second World War, Kinnegar served as both a military barracks and a prisoner of war camp for Axis forces in the latter stages of the conflict.

R.E.M.E. Workshop at Kinnegar

On 4th December 1942, Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge photographed soldiers of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers at work at Kinnegar Barracks in Co. Down.

Staff Sergeant Tocher of Aberdeen, Scotland inspecting an American theodolite in need of repair at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 26084 Info

Craftsman Thomas of Kensington, London, England working on speedometers in need of repair at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 26085 Info

Craftsman Short of Liverpool, England repairing optical instruments at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 26086 Info

Lance Corporal Isherwood of Bolton, Lancashire, England, a trained watchmaker at work at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 26087 Info

Craftsman Lewis of Bournemouth, England attending to a Burroughs Adding Machine at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 26088

Craftsman Crimp of Bermondsey, Londond, England repairing an army typewriter at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 26089 Info

Craftsman Snell of Chester, England testing an anti-aircraft rangefinder in need of repair at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 26090 Info

Craftsman Ellis of Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire, Wales and Craftsman Collins of Liverpool, England at work on delicate wireless radio equipment at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 26091 Info

Sergeant Hotchin of Louth, Lincolnshire, England at work on delicate wireless radio equipment at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 26092 Info

Armourer Staff Sergeant Mawdsley of Bacup, Lancashire, England and Craftsman Gillard of Hull, Yorkshire, England at work on delicate wireless radio equipment at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 26093 Info

Craftsman Sykes of Bradford, Yorkshire, England at work on delicate wireless radio equipment at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 26094 Info

Driver Corporal Osborne of Hornsey, London, England, Lance Corporal Bolton of Wigan, Lancashire, England, and Craftsman Bradley of Woolwich, London, England at work on a tank transporter at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 26095 Info

Corporal Hunt of West Henningfield, Essex, England undertaking highly-skilled cylinder reboring at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 26108 Info

18-year-old Craftsman Pennington of Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone working as a turner and machinist at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 26109 Info

Craftsman Bell of Liverpool, England working with a precision grinder making crankshafts at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 26110 Info

Craftsman G. Reid of Belfast under training from carpenter W. Robson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 26111 Info

Ex-serviceman Frank Johnston of Bangor, Co. Down stitching gun covers at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 26112 Info

Craftsman Coplovitch of Tottenham, London, England working making motorcycle seats at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 26113 Info

Craftsman Graves of Gorton, Manchester, England working repairing binocular cases at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 26114 Info

Craftsman E.J. Jones of Edmonton, London, England working as an electric arc welder at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 26116 Info

Craftsman S. Shelley of Cowesley near Wolverhampton, England working as an acetylene welder at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 26117 Info

Staff Sergeant James Boyce of Comber, Co. Down spraying metal onto worn parts in a process known as metalisation at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 26118 Info

Craftsman E. McGrane of Twickenham, London, England is a diesel engine expert working as a fuel pump tester at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 26119 Info

Craftsman H. Walker of Whitby, Yorkshire, England is a coppersmith responsible for testing Dixies at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 26120 Info

Craftsman J. Blair of Derry~Londonderry and Craftsman H. Rennie of Strichen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland working repairing assault boats at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 26121 Info

Craftsman J. Hanley of Bolton, Lancashire, England and Lance Corporal N. Snowdon of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England punching sheet metal at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 26122 Info

Craftsman P. Hawkins of Swinford, Co. Mayo, Ireland working soldering petrol tanks at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 26123 Info

Craftsman A.E. Bell of Sulby, Isle of Man and Craftsman D. Gough of Wolverhampton, England at work overhauling a diesel engine at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 26124 Info

Craftsman J. McKinstry of Strabane, Co. Tyrone at work in the vulcanising plant at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 26125 Info

Craftsman J. Stacey of Shillelagh, Co. Wicklow, Ireland and Craftsman M. Toshner of Glasgow, Scotland working repairing an engine at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 26126 Info

Craftsman J. Fisher of Manchester, England and Sergeant Darragh of Belfast fitting an engine in to a Valentine Tank at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 26127 Info

Craftsman J. Fisher of Manchester, England and Sergeant Darragh of Belfast fitting an engine in to a Valentine Tank at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 26128 Info

Craftsman Shannon of Castlefin, Co. Donegal, Ireland at work fitting up a 25-pounder gun at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 26129 Info

Armourer Staff Sergeant Wiltshire of Dronefield, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England examining a Vickers Machine Gun at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 26130 Info

Painting bayonets at a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers base workshop at Kinnegar Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 26131 Info