28th August

On 28th August 1941, Lieutenant Bainbridge photographed soldiers of 8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters training near Dunadry, Co. Antrim.

Sherwood Foresters in Co. Antrim

Imperial War Museum Photo: (H 13291) (Part of the War Office Second World War Official Collection). Soldiers of 8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters cross the Six Mile Water at Dunadry, Co. Antrim on a training exercise by building a portable pontoon bridge of Kapok mats and duck board on 28th August 1941. Copyright Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge - War Office Official Photographer.

Sherwood Foresters in 1941

On 28th August 1941, 8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters trained in amphibious exercises using pontoon bridges and French mortars at Six Mile Water, Dunadry, Co. Antrim.

Sherwood Foresters Motorcyclist
Motorcyclist on the Six Mile Water
Sherwood Foresters in the Six Mile Water
British Infantry training in Northern Ireland
Sherwood Foresters swim the Six Mile Water
Sherwood Foresters training in Co. Antrim
Infantry training at Dunadry, Co. Antrim
Sherwood Foresters swimming in Ulster
Sherwood Foresters near Dunadry, Co. Antrim

Remembering the Fallen

Robert Michael Kildea

Flying Officer | 118092

Flying Officer Robert Michael Kildea of Templemore Avenue, Belfast was a Pilot in R.A.F. 86 Squadron at his time of death on 28th August 1943.

William Moody MacDonald

Pilot Officer | 102146

Pilot Officer William Moody MacDonald died in a training accident in Miles Master T8581 on 28th August 1941. His grave is in Bangor, Co. Down.

Sydney Spence

Driver | T/5334829

Driver Sydney Spence of Belfast served in the Royal Army Service Corps at his time of death on 28th August 1947 after the Second World War.

Thomas Norman Stockdale

Pilot Officer | 52486

Pilot Officer Thomas Norman Stockdale of Bangor, Co. Down died when Bristol Beaufighter LZ156 crashed in Scotland on 28th August 1943.

John Maurice Mends Tickell

Lieutenant

Lieutenant John Maurice Mends Tickell died at the Savoy Hotel, Bangor, Co. Down on 28th August 1942. He had 40 years' service in the Royal Naval Reserve.

William Montague Warren

Lance Corporal | 7599964

Lance Corporal William Montague Warren served in Ulster with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps at his time of death on 28th August 1940.

Francis Augustine Weaver

Sergeant | 412292

Royal New Zealand Air Force Sergeant Francis Augustine Weaver died on 28th August 1942 while transporting a plane between Canada and the U.K.