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.
1st January 1940
Local voices from Belfast broadcast across the airwaves in 1940, with a hopeful New Year's message to the United Kingdom and The Empire.
23rd November 1939
Top-class motorcycle road-racing riders took part in the 1939 Ulster Grand Prix on the Old Clady Circuit before the Second World War halted racing in Ulster.
17th November 1939
On 17th November 1939, a newspaper photographer watched naval ratings turn over the engine of their planes at Aldergrove. In 1940, R.A.F. training was underway.
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During the Second World War, the newly-built airfield at Sydenham accommodated squadrons from both the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy.
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During the Second World War, the industrial heart of East Belfast was a hive of activity with shipyards, aircraft factories, and military airfields operating.
15th November 1939
On 15th November 1939, a Belfast Telegraph photographer observed airmen of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm in training at Sydenham Airfield in east Belfast.
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Aldergrove Airfield, now the home of Belfast International Airport, saw use as a base for several squadrons of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.
13th November 1939
November 1942 saw Lieutenant Bainbridge and his War Office camera focus on soldiers of The Pioneer Corps and a possibly unique company of the Ulster Home Guard.
On 13th November 1939, a photographer from the Belfast Telegraph newspaper visited Aldergrove Airfield in Co. Antrim to watch R.A.F. squadrons in action.
During the Second World War, Belfast Docks sustained damage during the Belfast Blitz raids of 1941. The following year, U.S. troops would step ashore there.
