24th September

On 24th September 1941, Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge photographed members of the A.T.S. at a gun battery and soldiers training in Co. Armagh.

Among the Armagh Peat Stacks

These members of 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers - described as a 'famous Ulster regiment' - simulated battle conditions among the peat stacks and heather of Co. Armagh boglands near Verner's Bridge on 24th September 1941.

Bren Gun Carrier at Verner
Anti-Tank Rifleman in Co. Armagh
Anti-Tank Riflemen at Verner
Bog-Trotting among the Co. Armagh Peat Stacks
Sniper Training in the Co. Armagh Peat Stacks
Sniper Patrol at Verner
British Army training in Co. Armagh

Auxiliary Territorial Service at a Gun Battery

On 24th September 1941, members of the A.T.S. paid a visit to a gun battery in Northern Ireland to observe its workings. In their roles with the Auxiliary Territorial Service, they often communicated with the gunners at such sites.

A.T.S. visit to a Gun Battery
A.T.S. at a Gun Battery in Northern Ireland
A Battery Sergeant showing guns to the A.T.S.
A Battery Sergeant demonstrates to the A.T.S.
A.T.S. members observe loading of an A.A. Gun
A.T.S. Members inspect an Anti-Aircraft Gun
A.T.S. members learn controls for A.A. Guns
A.T.S. Members using a Range Finder
A.T.S. Members cleaning out gun barrels
Brushing out an A.A. gun barrel
A.T.S. Aircraft Identification

Remembering the Fallen

Trevor Aubrey

Lance Corporal | 3910777

Born in Glamorgan, Wales, Trevor Aubrey married a woman from Belfast. He died on 24th September 1944, killed during Operation Market Garden.

Robert Victor Doak

Corporal | 639860

Corporal Robert Victor Doak served in Coastal Command based at R.A.F. Chivenor, Devon, England at his time of death on 24th September 1942.

William Christopher Gibson

Private | 4921930

Private William Christopher Gibson of Belfast died on 24th September 1944 serving with Monmouthshire Regiment in Operation Market Garden.

John McClune

Lance Corporal | 6979069

Paratrooper John McClune of Belfast died on 24th September 1944 as 1st Airborne Division came under heavy attack in Operation Market Garden.

Robert Spence

Private | 7018821

Private Robert Spence served in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps when he died at Massereene Hospital, Antrim, Co. Antrim on 24th September 1942.