A Sergeant Major hands out sprigs of shamrock to his…

IWM Photo: H 8048. Part of the War Office Second World War Official Collection. A Sergeant Major hands out sprigs of shamrock to his soldiers. The event is the presentation of the St. Patrick's Day Shamrock to members of a Battalion of the Royal Irish Fusiliers at Ballykinler, Co. Down. Photo taken on 12th March 1941 by Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge - War Office Photographer.

A Sergeant Major hands out sprigs of shamrock to his soldiers. The event is the presentation of the St. Patrick's Day Shamrock to members of a Battalion of the Royal Irish Fusiliers at Ballykinler, Co. Down.

IWM Photo: H 8048. Part of the War Office Second World War Official Collection. A Sergeant Major hands out sprigs of shamrock to his soldiers. The event is the presentation of the St. Patrick’s Day Shamrock to members of a Battalion of the Royal Irish Fusiliers at Ballykinler, Co. Down. Photo taken on 12th March 1941 by Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge – War Office Photographer.

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