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WartimeNI | Northern Ireland during the Second World War @wartimeni.com · 17h

30 days of memorials part 2.

Ballycastle, Co. Antrim.

Rededication of the Ballycastle War Memorial took place in 2015 with the addition of more names of those from the local community who served in both World Wars.

War memorial in Ballycastle, Co. Antrim.

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WartimeNI | Northern Ireland during the Second World War @wartimeni.com · 1d

30 days of memorials part 1.

Portadown, Co. Armagh.

The bronze sculpted soldier’s helmet has fallen back, revealing his head. This denotes fortitude, courage, and sacrifice for his country. Both the angel and the soldier stand on a base of sandbags and a gas mask, which represent the battlefield.

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WartimeNI | Northern Ireland during the Second World War @wartimeni.com · 4d

Made a quick appearance on a livestream yesterday evening, something of a surprise last-minute call up from the bench.

'This Week in the Second World War' with Edmund O'Sullivan and Dr. Joseph Quinn is well worth an hour or so of your time every Tuesday.

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Episode 9. Pope condemns totalitarianism; Greco-Italian War begins; Operation Supercharge

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WartimeNI | Northern Ireland during the Second World War @wartimeni.com · 4d

Letters From The Blitz airs at 10.40pm on Thursday 30th October on BBC Northern Ireland. Available afterward on iPlayer.

Made by DoubleBand Films, Letters From The Blitz uses the letters that Helen Ramsey Turtle, a young American mother living in Belfast, wrote to her family in Denver, Colorado.

Professor Jack Foster, editor of the letters of Helen Ramsey Turtle (c) @doublebandfilms

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WartimeNI | Northern Ireland during the Second World War @wartimeni.com · 6d

Very privileged to play a small part in this documentary. Letters From The Blitz airs at 10.40pm on Thursday 30th October on BBC Northern Ireland. Available afterward on iPlayer.

Rebecca Finch stars as Helen Ramsey Turtle. Photo courtesy of DoubleBand Films.

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WartimeNI | Northern Ireland during the Second World War @wartimeni.com · 11d

One of our favourite books about the Belfast Blitz. "Vivid accounts bring the full horror of the Blitz to life" - Irish News.

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Cover of The Belfast Blitz - The People's Story by Stephen Douds.

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WartimeNI | Northern Ireland during the Second World War @wartimeni.com · 11d

On 22nd October 1941, Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge photographed Sergeant Major Twist of Belfast in her A.T.S. uniform. The Chief Controller of the Auxiliary Territorial Service Jean Knox commended Twist’s impeccable appearance, referring to her as: "The smartest woman in the A.T.S. in Britain.".

IWM Photo: H 14922. Part of the War Office Second World War Official Collection. Staff Sergeant Mabel Kathleen Twist, thought to be the only person of her rank in Northern Ireland was commended by Auxiliary Territorial Service Chief Controller Jean Knox as the ‘smartest woman in the A.T.S.’. She is embraced by her husband Lance Bombardier Twist, on leave from England. Photo taken on 22nd October 1941 by Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge – War Office Photographer.

WartimeNI | Northern Ireland during the Second World War @wartimeni.com · 12d

MIDNIGHT AGAIN

A selection of the alert and animated letters that Helen Ramsey Turtle wrote back to her family in Denver, Colorado from Northern Ireland during the Second World War, edited by John Wilson Foster.

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Cover of Midnight Again: The Wartime Letters of Helen Ramsey Turtle

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WartimeNI | Northern Ireland during the Second World War @wartimeni.com · 13d

What an enjoyable evening watching 'Letters from the Blitz'. It's always a pleasure listening to Julie Mackie talk about her mother, Helen Ramsey Turtle. Thanks to @ulstermuseum.org, BBC NI, and Book Week NI for hosting and a massive congrats to @doublebandfilms.bsky.social on a great documentary.

Julie Mackie on stage at the Ulster Museum, Belfast.

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WartimeNI | Northern Ireland during the Second World War @wartimeni.com · 14d

On 18th October 1945, Judge Mr. Justice Hallett presided at the Old Bailey in London. He found 32-year-old Charles Edward Cottrell “insane” and "unfit to plead". Cottrell had shot dead Belfast-born F/S Andrew Joy Welsh at Dohazari Airfield, Bangladesh.

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Andrew Joy Welsh - WartimeNI

On 4th May 1944, Charles Edward Cottrell repeatedly fired a Sten Gun into a passing lorry killing fellow serviceman Flight Sergeant Andrew Joy Welsh of Belfast.

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WartimeNI | Northern Ireland during the Second World War @wartimeni.com · 15d

18th October 1943.

Major General Llewellyn Isaac Gethin Morgan-Owen welcomes Major General Walter Melville Robertson and troops of U.S. Army 2nd (Indianhead) Infantry Division to Belfast. Note the "wet paint" sign as the docks were likely spruced up for the event.

(📷: Imperial War Museum)

IWM Photo: H 33811. Part of the War Office Second World War Official Collection. American troops disembark a transport vessel in Belfast. Photo taken on 18th October 1943 by Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge - War Office Photographer.

IWM Photo: H 33817. Part of the War Office Second World War Official Collection. Major General Llewellyn Isaac Gethin Morgan-Owen C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O. welcomes American troops to Belfast on behalf of the Army Council. Photo taken on 18th October 1943 by Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge - War Office Photographer.

IWM Photo: H 33814. Part of the War Office Second World War Official Collection. Major General Walter Melville Robertson (General in Command U.S.A. Division) in conversation with Colonel Alexander Smith Turnham O.B.E., and Colonel E.G.H. Clarke M.C. in Belfast. Photo taken on 18th October 1943 by Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge - War Office Photographer.

IWM Photo: H 33819. Part of the War Office Second World War Official Collection. Major General Walter Melville Robertson (General in Command U.S.A. Division) responds to the welcome from Major General Llewellyn Isaac Gethin Morgan-Owen C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O. in Belfast. Photo taken on 18th October 1943 by Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge - War Office Photographer.

WartimeNI | Northern Ireland during the Second World War @wartimeni.com · 16d

On 17th October 1941, an Anti-Tank Battery took part in a training exercise with the 'Battery H.Q.' at a rural farmhouse near Lislap House, Gortin, Co. Tyrone.

(📷: IWM H 14682)

IWM Photo: H 14862. Part of the War Office Second World War Official Collection. A rural farmyard serves as a Battery Headquarters during an exercise by 208th Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery at Lislap House, Gortin, Co. Tyrone. Photo taken on 17th October 1941 by Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge - War Office Photographer.

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WartimeNI | Northern Ireland during the Second World War @wartimeni.com · 17d

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal (Colonel in Chief, Royal Corps of Signals) takes the salute during a parade of members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service while inspecting 59th Division Signals in Northern Ireland. Photo taken on 16th October 1942 by Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge.

IWM Photo: H 24713. Part of the War Office Second World War Official Collection. Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal (Colonel in Chief, Royal Corps of Signals) takes the salute during a parade of members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service while inspecting 59th Division Signals in Northern Ireland. Photo taken on 16th October 1942 by Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge – War Office Photographer.

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Lieutenant General H.E. Franklyn C.B., D.S.O., M.C. (G.O.C. B.T.N.I.) and Company Commander Captain Hedley Verity inspect B Company, 1st Battalion, The Green Howards at Omagh, Co. Tyrone. Photo taken on 15th October 1941 by Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge – War Office Photographer.

Lieutenant General Harold Edmund Franklyn C.B., D.S.O., M.C. (General Officer Commanding British Troops in Northern Ireland) and Company Commander Captain Hedley Verity inspect B Company, 1st Battalion, Princess Alexandra of Wales’ Own Yorkshire Regiment (The Green Howards) at Omagh, Co. Tyrone. Photo taken on 15th October 1941 by Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge – War Office Photographer.

WartimeNI | Northern Ireland during the Second World War @wartimeni.com · 19d

The first stop for Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal and her attendant Miss Kenyon-Slaney on 14th October 1942 was Wallace Park, Lisburn, Co. Antrim. In her role as Colonel in Chief of the Royal Corps of Signals, she was a guest of Major General Majendie (G.O.C.N.I.) and Brigadier Hanson V.C.

IWM Photo: H 24578. Part of the War Office Second World War Official Collection. Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal (Colonel in Chief, Royal Corps of Signals) with a senior officer at Wallace Park, Lisburn, Co. Antrim. Photo taken on 14th October 1942 by Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge – War Office Photographer.

WartimeNI | Northern Ireland during the Second World War @wartimeni.com · 20d

On 13th October 1942, the Princess Royal arrived at Government House at Hillsborough Castle. During her short visit to Northern Ireland, she stayed as a guest of the Duke and Duchess of Abercorn. Each day spent in Ulster saw several visits to hospitals and military establishments.

Ornate gardens at Hillsborough Castle, Co. Down.

WartimeNI | Northern Ireland during the Second World War @wartimeni.com · 22d

Portrait of Lieutenant General Harold Edmund Franklyn C.B., D.S.O., M.C. (General Officer Commanding British Troops in Northern Ireland). Photo taken on 11th October 1941 by Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge – War Office Photographer.

(📷: IWM H 14615)

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WartimeNI | Northern Ireland during the Second World War @wartimeni.com · 24d

Does anyone know where this happened?

On 9th October 1943, Supermarine Spitfire V BM144 PK-O crash landed wheels up near Bangor, Co. Down. While on a routine training flight, pilot Sergeant Kazimierz Lojek force landed after the plane sustained engine trouble.

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Supermarine Spitfire V BM144 PK-O crash at Bangor, Co. Down - WartimeNI

On 9th October 1943, Supermarine Spitfire V BM144 PK-O crash landed wheels up near Bangor, Co. Down. Polish pilot, Sgt. Lojek walked away with minor injuries.

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WartimeNI | Northern Ireland during the Second World War @wartimeni.com · 26d

A Royal Artillery Sergeant from a gun demonstration team explains the process of loading a 6-pounder Anti-Tank Gun to munition workers from a factory in Northern Ireland. Photo taken on 7th October 1943 by Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge – War Office Photographer.

(📷: IWM H 33443)

Munitions workers watching a gun demonstration.

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Dominix @dominix.bsky.social · Sep 26

Some North African campaign cartoons:

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WartimeNI | Northern Ireland during the Second World War @wartimeni.com · Sep 26

A despatch rider of No. 10 Motor Transport Company, Auxiliary Territorial Service at Drum House, Drumbeg, Co. Down. Photo taken on 26th September 1941 by Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge – War Office Photographer.

IWM Photo: H 14291.

IWM Photo: H 14291. Part of the War Office Second World War Official Collection. A despactch rider of No. 10 Motor Transport Company, Auxiliary Territorial Service at Drum House, Drumbeg, Co. Down. Photo taken on 26th September 1941 by Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge – War Office Photographer.

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WartimeNI | Northern Ireland during the Second World War @wartimeni.com · Sep 26

As an American Football aside, if I'd known of the @pittsburghsteeler.bsky.social connection to Newry, Co. Down, I'd definitely have talked more about the incredible 0-0 "Potato Bowl" played at Newry's soccer ground in 1944.

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Galloping Gaels vs. Wolverines in Newry, Co. Down - WartimeNI

On 1st January 1944, a U.S. Navy team took to the football field in Newry Co. Down to challenge their U.S. Army counterparts for the "Potato Bowl" trophy.

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Jonathan Ware @reassesshistory.bsky.social · Sep 24

So @wartimeni.com thought you may like these higher res images of troops in NI, feel free to use them.

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WartimeNI | Northern Ireland during the Second World War @wartimeni.com · Sep 26

Fantastic images Jonathan, cheers.

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WartimeNI | Northern Ireland during the Second World War @wartimeni.com · Sep 26

Short and sweet on the main show but here's a link to the full feature on ITVx.

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