Images Dated 2nd September 2009

Acoustic Early Warning

A British military sound locator in use at an airfield in southern England, 12th August 1930. The sound locator, a precursor to radar, was an acoustic early warning system, which used sound to determine the direction and elevation of enemy aircraft. On the left is a searchlight to be used in conjunction with the locator. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Silver Menu holder - Ulster Volunteer Force badge

Silver Menu holder belonging to Major L. G. Tempest Stone, CMG, containing the Ulster Volunteer Force badge and engraved on base - RCM Major L. G. Tempest Stone, South Belfast Ulster Club, 1914. Service Record - Captain, Royal Fusiliers 1904; Major, Royal Fusiliers 1914; Railway Transport Officer, Administration Services Depot, Port No. 1, Southampton. RCM - we think the CM signifies that he was a signatory to the Curragh Incident, 20th March 1914. Commemorative Ware

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Old Contemptibles car badge on wooden base, WW1

Car badge on a wooden base, Old Contemptibles Association, 5 August to 22 November 1914. Trench Art. Date: 1914

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