The Somme The Ulster Tower
The Ulster Tower is a memorial to the men of the 36th (Ulster) Division in Thiepval in Northern France. 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 in Northern Ireland. Many of the men of the Ulster Division trained in the estate before moving to England and then France early in Battle of the Somme was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British and French against the Germans. It took place between 1 July and 18 November 1916 on either side of the River Somme and its tributary the L'Ancre in northern France. The battle was one of the largest of World War I, in which more than 1,000,000 men were wounded or killed. Today the area has many cemeteries and memorials on the sites of different parts of the battle.
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Location: The Somme France
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