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Useful Links
The Somme Heritage Centre, 233 Bangor Road, NEWTOWNARDS, BT23 7PH, Tel 028 9182 3202
http://www.irishsoldier.org
The Somme Heritage commemorates the involvement of the 36th (Ulster) and 16th (Irish) Divisions in the Battle of the Somme, the 10th (Irish) Division in Gallipoli, Salonika and Palestine and provides displays and information on the entire Irish contribution to the First World War. The centre promotes cross-community contact, mutual understanding, an appreciation of cultural diversity, and is a major visitor attraction. commemorates the involvement of the 36th (Ulster) and 16th (Irish) Divisions in the Battle of the Somme, the 10th (Irish) Division in Gallipoli, Salonika and Palestine and provides displays and information on the entire Irish contribution to the First World War. The centre promotes cross-community contact, mutual understanding, an appreciation of cultural diversity, and is a major visitor attraction.
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Welcome to the Journey of Remembering (Belfast Search Database) http://212.69.249.249/index.htm
This is a new site, with a searchable database, for soldiers and Merchant seamen from Belfast who died in the Great War The provisional database currently contains over 5,000 names and details. Additional information is requested.
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Palace Barracks Memorial Garden
www.palacebarracksmemorialgarden.org
The Palace Barracks Memorial Garden, Holywood, County Down remembers some of those who have lost their lives in Northern Ireland, The Falkland Islands, Kuwait, August 1990 - July 1991, Iraq 2003 and the United Kingdom.
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Irish War Memorials.
www.irishwarmemorials.ie
A Web Site of memorials mainly in the Irish republic, including Boar War, Great War, War of Independence (Ireland), Irish Civil War, Second World War, etc.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
http://www.cwgc.org/
This web site has a database which lists the men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died during the two world wars and also the 23,000 cemeteries, memorials and other locations worldwide where they are commemorated.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ballymena War Memorial
www.freewebs.com/snake43/coantrimmemorials.htm
A site on Ballymena which contains all the fallen, all who served, all the wounds, medals, stories, pictures and more.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Royal Ulster Rifles Museum
www.geocities.com/rurmuseum
The museum houses an extensive collection of uniforms, badges, medals and regimental memorabilia covering the history of the Regiment and the campaigns in which it has fought since its formation in 1793. The collection is well supported by digitised records and books.
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