Ref ID: 688

Title

In Memory of Ulstermen'


Description

Belfast Telegraph 1917 - Photograph of a gathering of the Orange Lodge (LOL1934: Johnston's Golden Star - Dundonald) in connection with the erection of a commemerative arch in tribute to the fallen soldiers of their district (Dundonald) at the Somme


Theme

Commemoration

Additional Information

Throughout the war and in the immediate post-war period, people across the island of Ireland collected money for memorials to honour those who had died. Tabloids include the Belfast Telegraph, the Northern Whig and the Belfast News Letter. The clippings range from 1916 to 1922 and cover events such as the erection of monuments and memorials to those who died, memorial services, and rolls of honour listing the names of Ulster service men who went to war.


Date

1917


Classification

Photograph, Newspaper - Belfast Telegraph

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