John Maynard Sinclair was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland. Born in Belfast, in 1896, son of John Sinclair DL and Alice Montgomery, he was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, and in Switzerland. He served in the British Army during World War I. He was a director of the Eagle Star Insurance Company and Chairman of Vulcanite Ltd.
Maynard Sinclair, centre with garland, upon winning his constituency in the NI general election (14 February 1949)
Antrim Fortress Royal Engineers
The Antrim Fortress Royal Engineers was a coast defence unit of the UK's Territorial Army formed in Northern Ireland in the late 1930s. During World War II it was converted to a parachute role and dropped into Normandy on D Day and across the Rhine during Operation Varsity. Its successors continue in the Army Reserve today.
RE Cap badge (King George VI cipher)
'Rommel's asparagus' was planted in French fields in 1944 to damage gliders.
Airborne troops drive off Landing Zone N on the evening of 6 June.
An FBE pontoon bridge in France, 1944.