Monument to the 36th Ulster Division's involvement in the Battle of the Somme
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Monument to the 36th Ulster Division's involvement in the Battle of the Somme
Image: © Rod Allday Taken: 24 Apr 2011
In Moscow Street off the loyalist Shankill Road. In September 1914, the Ulster Division was formed from the Ulster Volunteer Force which raised thirteen battalions for the three Irish regiments based in Ulster: the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, the Royal Irish Fusiliers and the Royal Irish Rifles. The Division suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Albert on 1 July 1916 and then was relieved on 2 July, having suffered 5104 casualties of who approximately 2069 died.
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