Ref ID: 697
Title
Battle of Messines Recalled'
Description
Belfast Telegraph, 8 June 1920 - Photograph of a memorial service at Belfast City Hall for the late Lieutenant Brian Boyd, M.M., of the Royal Irish Rifles (14th Division) who fell in the Messines-Wytschaete Battle.
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
1920
Classification
Photograph, Newspaper - Belfast Telegraph
