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The Ulster Memorial Tower,
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Inscription on the Tablet in the Memorial Chamber of the Tower at Thiepval: |
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This Tower is dedicated to the Glory of God in grateful memory of the Officers, non-commissioned Officers and Men of the 36th (Ulster) Division, and of the sons of Ulster in other forces who laid down their lives in The Great War, and of all their comrades-in-arms, who by divine grace were spared to testify to their glorious deeds.
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Ulster Tower,
Clandeboye Estate,
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The Tower itself is a replica of a well known Ulster landmark, Helen's Tower, which stands on the Dufferin and Ava Estate at Clandeboye, County Down. On the completion of Helen's Tower in 1867 it was dedicated by Lord Dufferin to his beloved mother Helen, Baroness Dufferin, who was the grand-daughter of the playwright Richard Brindsley Sheridan. It was in the shadow of Helen's Tower that the men of the newly formed Ulster Division drilled and trained on the outbreak of the Great war. For many of the men of the 36th (Ulster) Division the distinctive sight of Helen's Tower rising above the surrounding countryside was one of their last abiding memories of home before their departure for England, and subsequently, the Western Front. It is erected on the site of the famous advance of the Ulster Division on the 1st July 1916 The inscriptions include the following tribute from King George V Throughout the long years of struggle
... the men of Ulster have proved how nobly they fight and die. On Saturday 19 November, 1921, the completed Ulster Memorial Tower was unveiled by Field -Marshall Sir Henry Wilson. |
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