7th April 1941
April 1941 brought the devastation and reality of war to Ulster as the Luftwaffe launched attacks on Belfast, Derry~Londonderry, Bangor, and Newtownards.
On 7th April 1941, the Luftwaffe attacked Belfast for the first time. Two years later, Ulstermen with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers saw action in Burma.
Co. Down
On 6th April 1941, members of the military and the general public watched in awe as British Army motorcyclists tackled a challenging track in Conlig, Co. Down.
5th April 1941
On 5th April 1941, Field Marshal Kesselring attended a meeting in northern France. There, officers discussed possible Luftwaffe objectives including Belfast.
Remembering Private Paddy Brown who served in 2/23 Battalion, Australian Infantry, and the Ulstermen serving on H.M.S. Dorsetshire off the coast of Ceylon.
25th March 1941
On 25th March 1941, tanks rolled through the Co. Armagh countryside. Two years later, new army recruits were tested at a barracks in Ballymena, Co. Antrim.
12th March 1941
On 12th March 1941, the traditional presentation of the shamrock to a battalion of Royal Irish Fusiliers took place at Abercorn Barracks, Ballykinler, Co. Down.
11th March 1941
On 11th March 1941, officers affiliated to British Troops in Northern Ireland (B.T.N.I.) posed for a photograph highlighting the need to 'Dig For Victory'.
7th March 1941
On 7th March 1942, Corporal Earl Ervin Perkins died at an army camp in Co. Antrim. He was the U.S. Army's first fatality in the European Theater of Operations.
2nd March 1941
At least eight seafaring men with connections to Northern Ireland died as a result of the sinking of S.S. Castlehill in the Bristol Channel on 2nd March 1941.
1st March 1941
On 1st March 1941, S.S. Cadillac went down in the north Atlantic Ocean. The Master and several members of the crew had strong connections to Northern Ireland.
22nd February 1941
On 22nd February 1941, a Belfast Telegraph photographer joined the crew on board a Royal Navy vessel as they undertook a convoy patrol in the North Atlantic.
