Ref ID: 745

Title

In Proud and Loving Memory: The Imperial Silence - How Ulster Observed the King's Command'


Description

Belfast Telegraph 1920 - Details of Belfast's obedient observation of Armistice Day. Also includes a poem by Dorothy Hungerford entitles 'In Memory: November 11th, 1919'.


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

Newspaper, Poem - Belfast Telegraph

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