1st November 1940
On 1st November 1941, Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge photographed soldiers of an Ulster Home Guard Motor Transport Company and members of The Pioneer Corps.
Randalstown Co. Antrim BT41 4ND
During the Second World War, British soldiers sowed oats in the fields near an Ordnance Site at Shane's Castle, Randalstown, Co. Antrim, harvesting in 1942.
25th June 1940
On 25th June 1940, Sergeant Francis George Kinghan of Toomebridge, Co. Antrim died while on an attack with R.A.F. 254 Squadron off the Norwegian coast.
21st June 1940
Henry "Harry" Kane was a well-known footballer in Portadown, Co. Armagh. He died on 21st June 1940 when H.M.S. Cape Howe sailing as Prunella came under attack.
4th June 1940
On 4th June 1940, S.S. River Humber collided with H.M.S. Folkestone in the Irish Sea causing the deaths of three seamen with connections to Northern Ireland.
1st June 1940
On 1st June 1940, personnel from Northern Ireland continued the fight at Dunkirk. Four years later, Belfast witnessed the crash of a B-17 bomber at Cave Hill.
30th May 1940
On 30th May 1940, many soldiers with connections to Northern Ireland were caught up in the evacuation of Dunkirk, on the beaches or fighting in the rear guard.
28th May 1940
On 28th May 1940, 2nd Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles fell back from Boesinghe to Woesten as part of the rear guard as the B.E.F. made their way to Dunkirk.
2nd May 1940
On 2nd May 1944, 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers sustained several casualties with connections to Northern Ireland while fighting in Anzio, Italy.
16th April 1940
On the night of 15th-16th April 1941, the Luftwaffe launched a deadly raid on Northern Ireland in what became known as the Easter Raid of the Belfast Blitz.
17th March 1940
During the Second World War, the tradition of presenting the shamrock and the wearing of the green among Irish regiments of the British Army continued.
6th January 1940
We tend to think of the Second World War as a time of food rations and condensed milk but in Ballymena, Co. Antrim in 1940, they were having some fun with food.