The first and last rounds of B Battery, 151st Field Artillery Battalion On 21st February 1942, B Battery, 151st Field Artillery Battalion, 34th Infantry Division fired the first American shells in Europe during the Second World War. Previous Next Bases in Northern Ireland Start Date End Date Unit Location 13th May 1942 10th December 1942 Headquarters and Headquarters Battery Knockmore House, Lisburn, Co. Antrim 11th May 1942 December 1942 125th Field Artillery Battalion Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone 25th January 1942 13th December 1942 151st Field Artillery Battalion Castlerock, Co. Londonderry 13th May 1942 175th Field Artillery Battalion Antrim, Co. Antrim 13th May 1942 185th Field Artillery Battalion Ballynorthland House, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone