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Ulster Tower

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The Ulster Tower is Northern Ireland's national war memorial. [1]

21 relations: Abraham Acton, Ancre, Bangor, County Down, Capture of Schwaben Redoubt, Clandeboye Estate, George Richardson (VC), German Army (German Empire), Helen's Tower, Irish National War Memorial Gardens, Island of Ireland Peace Park, James Hanna McCormick, John Weir Foote, No man's land, Northern Ireland, Orange Order, Robert Hill Hanna, Robert Quigg, Thiepval, Thiepval Memorial, Victoria Cross, 36th (Ulster) Division.

Abraham Acton

Abraham Acton VC (17 December 1893 – 16 May 1915) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Ancre

The Ancre is a river of Picardy, France.

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Bangor, County Down

Bangor is a large town in County Down, Northern Ireland.

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Capture of Schwaben Redoubt

The Capture of Schwaben Redoubt (Schwaben-Feste) was a tactical incident in the Battle of the Somme, 1916.

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Clandeboye Estate

The Clandeboye Estate is a country estate located in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland, outside Belfast.

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George Richardson (VC)

George Richardson VC (1 August 1831 – 28 January 1923) was born in Derrylane, Killeshandra, County Cavan the son of John and Anne Richardson.

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German Army (German Empire)

The Imperial German Army (Deutsches Heer) was the name given to the combined land and air forces of the German Empire (excluding the Marine-Fliegerabteilung maritime aviation formations of the Imperial German Navy).

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Helen's Tower

Helen's Tower is a 19th-century folly on the Clandeboye Estate in Bangor, Northern Ireland.

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Irish National War Memorial Gardens

The Irish National War Memorial Gardens (Gairdíní Náisiúnta Cuimhneacháin Cogaidh na hÉireann) is an Irish war memorial in Islandbridge, Dublin, dedicated "to the memory of the 49,400 Irish soldiers who gave their lives in the Great War, 1914–1918",Dúchas The Heritage Service, Visitors Guide to the Gardens, from the Office of Public Works out of over 300,000 Irishmen who served in all armies.

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Island of Ireland Peace Park

The Island of Ireland Peace Park and its surrounding park (Páirc Síochána d'Oileán na hÉireann), also called the Irish Peace Park or Irish Peace Tower in Messines, near Ypres in Flanders, Belgium, is a war memorial to the soldiers of the island of Ireland who died, were wounded or are missing from World War I, during Ireland's involvement in the conflict.

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James Hanna McCormick

LieutenantNbspColonel JamesHannaMcCormick, (September1875 - May1955) was a professional soldier and UlsterNbspUnionistNbspParty politician.

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John Weir Foote

John Weir Foote, (May 5, 1904 – May 2, 1988) was a Canadian military chaplain and politician in Ontario, Canada.

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No man's land

No man's land is land that is unoccupied or is under dispute between parties who leave it unoccupied due to fear or uncertainty.

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland, variously described as a country, province or region.

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Orange Order

The Loyal Orange Institution, more commonly known as the Orange Order, is a Protestant fraternal order based primarily in Northern Ireland.

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Robert Hill Hanna

Robert Hill Hanna (6 August 1887 – 15 June 1967), was an Irish born naturalised immigrant to Canada.

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Robert Quigg

Robert Quigg VC (28 February 1885 – 14 May 1955) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Thiepval

Thiepval is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Thiepval Memorial

The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a war memorial to 72,337 missing British and South African servicemen who died in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918, with no known grave.

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Victoria Cross

The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest award of the British honours system.

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36th (Ulster) Division

The 36th (Ulster) Division was an infantry division of the British Army, part of Lord Kitchener's New Army, formed in September 1914.

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Ulster Tower Memorial, Ulster Tower Thiepval.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster_Tower

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