Military Photos

Morlar

I believe that was reasonably common during the War of Independence.

There is a thread on the militaria forum about the medals of one Irish man who fought in Passchendaele, the Somme and the IRA.

Another example that springs to mind are the 2 IRA men who executed Field Marshall Sir Henry Wilson in Belgravia square, London.

Both were former british army. One had previously lost a leg at Ypres. This is possibly why he was caught as he had to hobble away & his colleague refused to leave him behind. Both were later executed.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Just thought this one might be interesting.

Whilst filming a little bit of Grangegorman Military Cemetery the gun's of 2 Fld Artillery Regiment started their rehearsals for the inauguration of Michael D Higgins as president.

alanmcqueen

4 FAR are performing the salute from Collin's Barracks I understand. Worth a look for anyone who can get there by 1100hrs.

arybvtcw0eolkf

alanmcqueen wrote: »

4 FAR are performing the salute from Collin's Barracks I understand. Worth a look for anyone who can get there by 1100hrs.

The gun's are over looking The Liffey, it'll be pretty impressive when the salute begins.

Capt'n Midnight

end of a through-deck cruiser

cyrusdvirus

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

end of a through-deck cruiser

That's a really sad picture. Which one was she?

roundymac

HMS Invincible.

Capt'n Midnight

It's interesting in that you can see how it was constructed.

HMS Invincible, Aliaga if you want to look for pics

trendyvicar

Came across the following heart breaking photographs whilst browsing - they show L.O.L (Loyal Orange Lodge) 862 before and after the battle of The Somme:





In fact, the rest of the site is pretty good:

http://www.freewebs.com/thewestbelfastvolunteers/inmemory.htm

trendyvicar

Ulster Defence Regiment



No words necessary - no words sufficient.

breadandjam

alanmcqueen wrote: »

4 FAR are performing the salute from Collin's Barracks I understand. Worth a look for anyone who can get there by 1100hrs.

Here's some video of the shoot. It was an awful day but the 4th FAR did a very impressive job

http://youtu.be/C1_He3iigcY







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alanmcqueen

http://www.irishtimes.com/indepth/slideshows/military-archives/

Collection of pics from Military Archives.

cameramonkey

they have mistaken a hurricane for a spitfire in the voice over.

Capt'n Midnight

Clearly shows the size of a battleship compared to a destroyer.






on the other side of the pier;
USS Croatan (CVE-25), and destroyers of the Fletcher and "Four-Pipe, Flush-Deck" classes at the next pier.

Capt'n Midnight

silentfox

Brilliant pics, keep them coming!

thecommietommy

Belfast 1969

delly

I was going through my old pics and found a few navy boats which I took about 8 or 9 years back.

whydave

Amazing World War 2 era color pictures.

Here

V Bull

Morlar

delly wrote: »

I was going through my old pics and found a few navy boats which I took about 8 or 9 years back.

I will have to dig up some of my portsmouth ones too, those bring back memories

goldie fish

V Bull wrote: »

New Acmats for the secret squirrels?

Poccington

goldie fish wrote: »

New Acmats for the secret squirrels?

Wasn't there a tender put out a few months back for a small number of Tactical Support Vehicles or something along those lines?

kieranfitz

His white G-Shock is very subtle.

V Bull

kieranfitz wrote: »

His white G-Shock is very subtle.

Only an officer type could wear that..well spotted..

Poccington

If they're close enough to see his watch, he's ****ed anyway.

Plus, it's safe to say he doesn't wear it out on the ground.

Local-womanizer

Poccington wrote: »

Plus, it's safe to say he doesn't wear it out on the ground.

Of course he wouldnt, it's his good watch!

kieranfitz

Mainly noticed because im wearing the same one these days.

Mr. Tezza

I'm thinking the driver is possibly ARW but the passo ain't, cud be wrong as always but just my 2 cents... didn't they get some of those spanish hummer knock offs not too long ago to replace the ford F350 pickups that were taken out of service cos of lack of roll protection (accidents while on overseas missions)...

Poccington

Mr. Tezza wrote: »

I'm thinking the driver is possibly ARW but the passo ain't, cud be wrong as always but just my 2 cents... didn't they get some of those spanish hummer knock offs not too long ago to replace the ford F350 pickups that were taken out of service cos of lack of roll protection (accidents while on overseas missions)...

The vehicle accident was a Land Rover that overturned in Liberia, resulting in the death of an ARW member.

It was before they bought the Ford's, which are still in service.