Ref ID: 767
Title
St. Enoch's Soldier Sons: Surviviors Welcomed Home'
Description
Belfast Telegraph 1919 - Details of a ceremony held at St. Enoch's church to welcome the men of the parish who safely returned from the battlefields of Flanders, of France and of Mesopotamia.
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
1919
Classification
Newspaper - Belfast Telegraph