1st November - WartimeNI

Ulster Home Guard

On 1st November 1942, War Office Photographer, Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge photographed volunteers of an Ulster Home Guard Motor Transport Company in Northern Ireland.

Ulster Home Guard Motor Transport Company

The Pioneer Corps

On 1st November 1942, Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge submitted a large collection of photos to the War Office showing members of The Pioneer Corps both training and completing works projects throughout Northern Ireland.

Remembering the Fallen

Kathleen Cuthbert

Civilian | Bletchley Park Operative

Born in Doagh, Co. Antrim, Kathleen Cuthbert went on to work on some of the highest level, top-secret work in the United Kingdom during the Second World War.

Eric Jenkinson

Sergeant | 1131414

Sergeant Eric Jenkinson died on 1st November 1943 when Vickers Wellington HE517 came down. The young airman from Lurgan, Co. Armagh has no known grave.

Michael Owen McFadden

Aircraftman | 303870

Michael Owen McFadden enlisted with the Royal Irish Fusiliers in 1916 but was discharged at 15 years old. He later served with the RAF in World War Two.

John Alan Schwarz

Lieutenant

Lieutenant John Alan Schwarz served with the Royal Canadian Navy and was one of seven officers killed onboard HMS Whitaker off the coast of Ireland in 1944.

James Charles Skelly

Captain | 265920

Captain James Charles Skelly of Belfast, Co. Antrim died on 1st November 1944 while on board an LVT that came under attack at Westkappele, Netherlands.