District Inspector , Auxiliary Division Royal Irish Constabulary , the double row of medal ribbons and wound stripes show him to be a decorated veteran of the Great War, Ireland was lucky to get such men.

Auxiliary Division R I C , A well known photo taken in Cork , an interesting study of former Army, RAF, and Royal Navy officers who volunteered to “ Get the murder gang by the throat”, a job they performed very well.

Royal Irish Constabulary 1920 , ex servicemen answer the call for help, the constable on the right wears the ribbon of the Military Medal for gallantry , these brave men were nicknamed ‘The Black and Tans’. And maintained law and order in the South of Ireland until the treaty.

The Royal Irish Constabulary chasing the ‘flying column ‘through west Cork after the Kilmichael ambush in which Ira terrorists murdered several badly wounded policemen , they flew so fast that the police could not catch them.

Major Jocelyn Lee Hardy, who had an extraordinary war career with the Connaught Rangers and Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, in which he lost a leg , became Intelligence officer , ‘F’ Coy , Auxiliary Div, R.I.C, at Dublin castle, a legendary figure and much feared by Ira terrorists

HMS Implacable, Aircraft carrier, built by Fairfield, Govan, launched 1942, Battle honours , Norway 1944, Japan 1945.

HMS Centaur, Centaur class aircraft carrier, built by Harland & Wolff Belfast, launched in 1947, laid down too late to serve in 2nd WW, she saw service in the post war Navy for nearly 20 years.

Boatbadge of battlecruiser HMS Repulse, launched by John Brown on the Clyde 1916, sunk by Japanese aircraft off Malaya in 1941 with heavy loss of life , Qui Tangit Frangitur .

The Devons held this trench , The Devons hold it still.

HMS / HMCS Magnificent, majestic class aircraft carrier, launched 1944 by H&W Belfast , loaned on completion to the Royal Canadian Navy.

HM Submarine SNAPPER, ‘S’ class, launched at Chatham 1934, failed to return from patrol January 1941 Biscay, Lost with all hands, LWF…🇬🇧