NORTHERN IRELAND IDEAL TRAINING OB ODND FOB BRITISH MECHANISED TROOPS. British troops are being intensively trained in Northern Ireland where rugged country provides invaluable experience in the handling of modern mechanised Army equipment. The troops in this picture are of the Welsh Regiment, mostly tin-plate workers from South Wales, and their familiar name for the Bren gnu carrier is “sospan fash” (little saucepan).
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 4554, 26 February 1942, Page 4
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63NORTHERN IRELAND IDEAL TRAINING OB ODND FOB BRITISH MECHANISED TROOPS. British troops are being intensively trained in Northern Ireland where rugged country provides invaluable experience in the handling of modern mechanised Army equipment. The troops in this picture are of the Welsh Regiment, mostly tin-plate workers from South Wales, and their familiar name for the Bren gnu carrier is “sospan fash” (little saucepan). Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 4554, 26 February 1942, Page 4
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