Ref ID: 692

Title

Ulster Division Memorial, Proposed Erection on Battlefield'


Description

Northern Whig 1918 - Letter to the editor of the Northern Whig from Sir Edward Carson dated 15 November 1918 advocating the erection of a monument at the Flanders battlefield site dedicated to the Ulster Division - List of subscriptions.


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

1918


Classification

Newspaper, - Northern Whig

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