UVF Formation

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Newspaper sources include the Belfast Telegraph, the Northern Whig and the Belfast News Letter and cover events on the subject of the formation of the Ulster Volunteer Force, the Young Citizens Volunteers and the Ulster Volunteer Force Nursing Corps. A number of articles concern leading political figures such as Sir Edward Carson, Lord Londonderry and Bonar Law, and their visits to Belfast, Dublin and London.

Also included are clippings and photographs of Ulster Volunteer Force regiments during parades, demonstrations and training exercises, from camps in counties Monaghan, Donegal, Down, Antrim, and Londonderry, and towns such as Belfast, Portadown, and Newcastle.

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Giving Three Cheers for the King'
The Colour Presentation at Drum House'
Sir E Carson in Tyrone'
Sir E Carson in Tyrone'
Sir E. Carson in County Derry - A Section of Despatch Riders who Acted as Escort'
Sir E. Carson in County Derry'
A Volunteer Emptying Ammunition into his Hat'
Captured the Boyne Bridges'
The Presentation of the Shawl'
One of the Signalling Corps with a Company Lined Up in Background Waiting to be Inspected'
Presentation of Swords and Revolvers'
Consecration of Colours'
Inspection of the Enniskillen Horse'
Volunteer Camp Near Clones'
Funeral of a Volunteer - Impressive Ceremony'
Reviews - Glencairn and Balmoral'
Norfolks Deposit Their Colours'
For God and For Country'