Ref ID: 699
Title
In Memory of the Men Who Fell at Thiepval'
Description
Belfast Telegraph 1920 - Photograph of Lady Mayoress, Mrs. W.F. Coates, laying a wreath outside Belfast City Hall in memory of those men who fell in the Ancre Valley on 1 July 1916.
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
