18th October 1941
18th October 1941 saw a Reconnaissance Battalion train in Co. Armagh while two years later, another contingent of U.S. Forces landed at the docks in Belfast.
Co. Armagh
British troops including 5th Reconnissance Battalion, 5th Infantry Division used the rural landscape around Castledillon in Co. Armagh for training in wartime.
17th October 1941
On 17th October 1941, an Anti-Tank Battery took part in a training exercise with the 'Battery H.Q.' at a rural farmhouse near Lislap House, Gortin, Co. Tyrone.
Co. Tyrone
During the Second World War, elements of the Royal Artillery used the countryside and rivers around Gortin, Co. Tyrone for training exerises while in Ulster.
Glenpark Road Gortin Co. Tyrone BT79 7SU
On 17th October 1941, 208th Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery undertook a training exercise near Lislap House, Co. Tyrone observed by a Lieutenant General.
14th October 1941
On 14th October 1941, British troops took part in a training exercise near Coleraine. The following year would see a royal visitor journey throughout Ulster.
Co. Londonderry
During the Second World War, British troops used Coleraine and the nearby countryside in Co. Londonderry as an area to train in for the frontlines in Europe.
11th October 1941
On 11th October 1941, Lieutenant General Harold Edmund Franklyn (General Officer Commanding British Troops in Northern Ireland) posed for a series of portraits.
9th October 1941
9th October marks two plane crashes in Northern Ireland - a Spitfire in the hands of a Polish pilot in 1943, and that of a Corsair in Lough Foyle in 1944.
Co. Down
During the Second World War, S.S. Bereby ran aground off the coast of Ardglass, Co. Down. The British Army unloaded the stranded equipment and supplies.
8th October 1941
Photographs of some events in wartime Northern Ireland on 8th October 1941 and 1942 taking place in Larne and Randalstown in Co. Antrim, and across Ulster.
26th September 1941
On 26th September 1943, a Battle of Britain commemoration parade took place in Belfast. Two years earlier an A.T.S. Motor Transport Company showed their skills.
