The Ulster Memorial Tower, Thiepval.
The Ulster Memorial Tower, Thiepval.
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The Ulster memorial tower on the Somme, France, 30th June 2008.
Ulster Memorial Tower, France
Ulster Memorial Tower, France
Ulster Tower, Thiepval, France June 2016
A bunch of bikers from Northern Ireland pay their respects at the Ulster Tower, Thiepval, France while en route to the Euros 2016. Lest we forget.
WW1 Ulster Tower Thiepval Memorial Mural Donegall Pass Belfast
I'm down on the Donegall Pass in South Belfast at Pine Street to record the 2 gable wall murals placed there dedicated to the men of the 36th Ulster Division who died at the WW1 Battle of the Somme that took place near Thiepval.
The Ulster Tower, built at Theipval pictured in the mural, surrounded by poppies, was funded by the families, back home in Ulster, of those who had fought and died. The Ulster Thiepval Tower is a mirror image of Helen's Tower found in the Clandeboye Estate near Bangor/Conlig. Helen's Tower would have been one of the last images, that was fresh in these soldiers minds, as they left for war, for the troops had billeted and trained in the shadow of the tower.
Helen's Tower is still there today and can be hired out fully furnished for weekend stays.
The circular written lines around the Ulster Tower picture are taken from a poem dedicated to the memory the Connaught Ranger, Pivate James Joseph Daly 7144396 1st Bn., Connaugh Rangers.
'Lay him away o'er the hillside
Along with the brave and the bold
Inscribe his name on the roll of fame
In letters of purest gold.'
Daly faced the firing squad in Dagshai prison on November 2, 1920,he was aged 20. His remains were taken back to Ireland, in 1970. He was from Tyrrelspass, Co. Westmeath.
What had happened was that after World War I was over, both battalions of The Connaught Rangers returned to the Army Depot at Dover, Kent, England. The 1st. Battalion then went to India in October 1919. When news of the atrocities committed in Ireland by The Black and Tans reached the 1st. Battalion in Jullundur and Solan, India; a mutiny arose amongst the Irish troops and 69 men were court-martialled. At Solan, 2 mutineers died whilst attacking the armoury, and 14 were sentenced to death. However, only the ring-leader of this rebellion, Private J. Daly, was finally executed. No doubt the Army leadership realised the extreme provocation under which the rebellion was mounted by those Irishmen, hearing of the fate of their fellow-Irishmen at home at the hands of British soldiers of another regiment.
I find it strange and interesting that loyalists who erected this memorial, would choose to use these words dedicated to the memory of a lad from Tipperary, who had rebelled and mutinied against the British, on a wall mural dedicated to the 36th Ulster Division. Maybe someone better versed in history and loyalist thinking could explain.
Outside military circles, the 'claim to fame' of The Connaught Rangers which is best-known worldwide is their singing of their favorite marching song It's a Long Way to Tipperary. The 2nd. Battalion sang this song on 13 August 1914 as they marched in parade order through the streets of the French port of Bologna on their way to The Front as part of The British Expeditionary Force. This incident was witnessed by War Correspondent George Curnock, and his report of it was printed in The Daily Mail Newspaper on 18 August 1914. From that day, that music-hall song, written by Jack Judge in 1912, gained popularity amongst all the troops during The Great War and gave lasting fame to the town of Tipperary, Ireland.
Anyway it is good to see that the sacrifices of brave men in the past are being remembered in this way.
WW1 Irish Trench - Ulster 36th Division - The Somme 1916 - Stuart Curry
Teddy Colligan is caretaker of the Ulster Tower located at the Somme Battlefields, Northern France. He takes small groups daily on guided tours down to nearby WW1 Irish trenches located in Thiepval Wood. These have been professionally excavated and every year a bit more is done to reveal more of the trenches used in the battle of the Somme 1st July 1916. They use sand bags to stop erosion due to the soft chalky ground. This would have been a big problem during the Great War to keep them up properly especially when artillery bombardments caused trenches to collapse inwards all the time and bury soldiers alive within it. He also talks about the telephone cables found in the trenches and how medium trench mortars pits are shaped and positioned in range of German Trenches. He was the kindness and most informative guide I met at the Western Front Battlefields 2008. He also told me to go to Le Tommy's cafe at Pozieres because many Australian WW1 photos were on his walls and it was worth a visit.
For more information go to my WW1 Research website
Help find the Photos and Identify WW1 Diggers from the Great War.
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The Ulster Tower is a memorial to the men of the 36th (Ulster) Division. It is located ... Due to ill-health, however, he could not travel to France for the ceremony.
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Thiepval Memorial.
The Memorial To The Missing Of The Somme.
Helen's Tower, Bangor, 'sister' to Thiepval Ulster Tower in France
Early Sept 2014 and I go looking for Helen's Tower over at Clandeboye near Bangor. I soon find out that it seems that the N I Tourist Board et al appear not to want me nor anyone else interested to find it. It is like a treasure hunt! You would think that such an historically relevant and interesting buildng, that is totally connected to our 36th Ulster Division and the 1st WW would merit some attention but obviously not. It is really hidden away and extremely difficult to find.
Helen’s Tower was designed in 1848 by William Burn in the Scottish style and construction was completed in October 1861. It was part of an ambitious landscape project by Lord Dufferin covering the five miles between it and the coast at Helen’s Bay. The tower was named in honour of his mother Helen, who was a grand daughter of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The great Irish playwright, orator and politician.
It was built as an idyllic retreat and poems were written in its honour by Alfred Lord Tennyson, Kipling, Argyll, Robert Browning and other luminaries of the nineteenth century literary world. ( It is worth noting that as well as Helen's tower, Helen's Bay on the coast near Bangor was also named after this lady. )
However, the tower took on an unforeseen poignancy after the battle of the Somme in 1916. The land around the tower had been used as a training camp by the 36th (Ulster) Division prior to their embarkation from Belfast for France and, for those soldiers, Helen’s Tower would have been a lasting image as they sailed out of Belfast Lough. For this reason, in 1921, funds were raised by the families of the fallen and an exact replica, the Ulster Tower, built on the battlefield at Thiepval.
Helen’s Tower is available for holiday letting as part of Irish Landmark Trust’s portfolio of restored properties.
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Area of Thiepval and the Ulster Tower.
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Ulster Cenotaph (1921)
Item title reads - Ulster's Cenotaph to her heroic dead. Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson opens Memorial Tower on Thiepval Battlefields. France.
Field Marshal Wilson walks down a line of soldiers and salutes. M/S as the camera pans across military personnel and other guests to the Field Marshal making a speech. L/S of the tower with people outside, the camera pans up it to the top. M/S of clergy doing a service on the steps. M/S of the Field Marshal and others standing watching. M/S of the caretakers of the tower Sergeant Joseph Savage and his French wife.
Note: there is a dark patch on the right of the frame, it looks like something might have got in the camera.
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Ulster Thiepval Tower Wall Mural Shankill Road
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I'm on the famous and very busy Shankill road and have just come across this wall mural dedicated to all the local lads who lost their lives in the 1st World War in particular the battles around Thiepval Wood and the Somme.
The Ulster Tower is Northern Ireland's national war memorial. It was one of the first Memorials to be erected on the Western Front and commemorates the men of the 36th (Ulster) Division and all those from Ulster who served in the First World War. The memorial was officially opened on 19 November 1921 and is a very close copy of Helen's Tower which stands in the grounds of the Clandeboye Estate, near Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. Many of the men of the Ulster Division trained in the estate before moving to England and then France early in 1916.
The Tower (plus a small cafe nearby) is staffed by members of the Somme Association, which is based in Belfast.
Thiepval Memorial L.O.L. 1916
Thiepval Memorial Loyal Orange Lodge 1916 attended three remembrance service in Northern France at The Thiepval Memorial, The Ulster Tower and The International Orange Memorial to commemorate the 95th anniversary of The Battle of The Somme on Friday 1st July 2011.
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Reproduction fidèle d'un château irlandais construit en hommage aux soldats irlandais morts pendant la Bataille de la Somme en 1916.
Ce château est situé dans le village de Thiepval, département de la Somme, France.