Co. Down
During the Second World War, the town of Rostrevor in Co. Down welcomed visitors such as The Duke of Gloucester and General Eisenhower as troops trained nearby.
Several locations in and around Kilkeel, Co. Down saw use as billets, and training and inspection grounds for the British Army during the Second World War.
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During the Second World War, Mourne Park near Kilkeel, Co. Down hosted troops from the British Army and United States Army in the house and around the grounds.
On 22nd April 1941, His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester took the salute as 4th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry paraded in Newcastle, Co. Down.
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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.
Belfast
On 15th-16th April 1941, Hillman Street off Antrim Road in North Belfast felt the force of German Luftwaffe bombs during the Easter Raid of the Belfast Blitz.
The area around Clifton Street sustained heavy damage during the Belfast Blitz of 1941. Residents of the Belfast Charitable Institution. evacuated from the area
Due to its proximity to the docks, Belfast's York Road sustained heavy damage from Luftwaffe bombs. Less than a year later, U.S. GIs would gather on arrival.
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On 15th-16th April 1941, the Luftwaffe attacked Newtownards Airfield causing the deaths of 13 soldiers of 70th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
During the Belfast Blitz, bombs fell on Royal Avenue in the city centre causing damage to the registered offices of the Belfast Telegraph newspaper and library.
Royal Avenue Belfast BT1 1FH
The Belfast Telegraph newspaper continued production throughout the Second World War, even after Luftwaffe bombs damaged the registered offices in April 1941.
On 21st April 1941, the Duke of Gloucester visited Percy Street in West Belfast. He observed the destruction caused by Luftwaffe bombs less than a week earlier.
