36th (Ulster) Division

In general, a loyalist is an individual who is loyal to the powers that be. Two main historical groups of individuals have been specifically called "Loyalists" in English. For Loyalists in the American Revolutionary War, see the main article at Loyalist (American Revolution). The remainder of this article concerns Loyalists in the United Kingdom. Loyalist - Loyalists in Northern Ireland. See also: Ulster Loyalist A loyalist in Northern Ireland is another name for a Unionist who f ...

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• Loyalist - Loyalists in Scotland
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The Battle of Cambrai (November 20 - December 3, 1917) was a British campaign of World War I. Noted for the first successful use of tanks, the British attack ended as another failure. Cambrai is a French town in the Nord département (Nord-Pas-de-Calais). By 1917 it was a key supply point for the German Siegfried Stellung (also known as the Hindenburg Line) and the nearby Bourlon Ridge would be an excellent gain. Battle of Cambrai - The plan. An attack on Cambrai using tanks was initial ...

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• Battle of Cambrai - The counter-attack
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First day on the Somme - Artillery. The plan called for six days of preliminary artillery bombardment (later extended to seven days due to bad weather). The Fourth Army had 1,010 field guns, 182 heavy guns and 245 howitzers plus an additional 100 French guns and howitzers. While this was a substantial increase on the artillery used in previous British battles, the array of tasks allotted and the length of front to be bombarded exceeded the capacity of the guns available. In addition to bombarding the enemy's trenches, the artillery had to cut the barbed wire ...

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First day on the Somme, First day on the Somme - Significance of the first day, First day on the Somme - Plans, First day on the Somme - Preparations, First day on the Somme - Artillery, First day on the Somme - Mining, First day on the Somme - Infantry tactics, First day on the Somme - Diversion at Gommecourt, First day on the Somme - Serre & Beaumont Hamel, First day on the Somme - Thiepval, First day on the Somme - Ovillers & La Boisselle, First day on the Somme - Fricourt Mametz & Montauban, First day on the Somme - French sector, First day on the Somme - Aftermath, First day on the Somme - Decorations

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11th Brigade  1st Battalion, the Somerset Light Infantry 1st Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion, the Rifle Brigade 1/5th (City of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (until May 1915) 1st Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment (until February 1918) 2nd Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment (from 12 Bde. July 1915 until May 1916) 12th Brigade  1st Battalion, The ...

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British 4th Division World War I, British 4th Division World War I - Unit history, British 4th Division World War I - Formation, British 4th Division World War I - Battles, British 4th Division World War I - External hinks

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Plans for the City Hall first began in 1888 when Belfast was awarded city status by Queen Victoria. This was in recognition of Belfast's rapid expansion and thriving linen, rope-making, shipbuilding and engineering industries. Construction began in 1898 under the supervision of architect Sir Brumwell Thomas and was completed in 1906. ...

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Belfast City Hall, Belfast City Hall - History, Belfast City Hall - Exterior, Belfast City Hall - Interior, Belfast City Hall - Grounds

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The first people to settle in the area were probably hunters and gatherers, most likely from what is now the Isle of Man or Northwest England. They most likely settled here because of its position near to Strangford Lough. Archaeologists have discovered traces of many Mesolithic settlements around Strangford Lough. Strangford Lough and the surrounding area would have beena particularly important piec ...

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Newtownards, Newtownards - History, Newtownards - Places Of Interest, Newtownards - 2001 Census

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See also: Ulster Loyalist A loyalist in Northern Ireland is another name for a Unionist who feels strongly about the political union between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. In recent times, however, some sections of the media have devalued the term to refer to someone on the extreme fringe of unionism who resorts to murder, or threatens to do so, in what they perceive as their defence of their community, Protestantism, or Northern Ireland's position as part of the United Kingdom. Loyalists in Northern Ireland ...

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Loyalist, Loyalist - Loyalists in Northern Ireland, Loyalist - Loyalists in Scotland, Loyalist - Loyalists in England

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The Kingdom of Ireland and the Kingdom of Great Britain were merged on 1 January 1801 to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Throughout the 19th century Irish opposition to the Union was strong, occasionally erupting in violent insurrection. In the 1830s and 1840s attempts had been made under the leadership of Daniel O'Connell to repeal the Act of Union 1800 and restore the Kingdom of Ireland, without breaking the British connection. These attempts to achieve what was simply called repeal failed. Home Ru ...

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Home Rule Act 1914, Home Rule Act 1914 - Origins, Home Rule Act 1914 - The battle for Home Rule, Home Rule Act 1914 - The Parliament Act, Home Rule Act 1914 - The Third Home Rule Bill, Home Rule Act 1914 - Conflict of interests, Home Rule Act 1914 - The shaping of Partition, Home Rule Act 1914 - An Act overtaken by events, Home Rule Act 1914 - Attempted implementation, Home Rule Act 1914 - The Aftermath, Home Rule Act 1914 - War of Independence, Home Rule Act 1914 - Treaty Partition

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Ireland opened the nineteenth century still reeling from the after effects of the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Prisoners were still being deported to Australia and sporadic violence continued in county Wicklow. There was another minor rebellion led by Robert Emmet in 1803. The Act of Union, which constitutionally made Ireland part of the British state can largely be seen as an attempt to pacify the country ...

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History of Ireland 1801-1922, History of Ireland 1801-1922 - Act of Union and Catholic Emancipation, History of Ireland 1801-1922 - Economic problems in the 19th century The Famine, History of Ireland 1801-1922 - Land Agitation, History of Ireland 1801-1922 - Culture, History of Ireland 1801-1922 - Home rule movement, History of Ireland 1801-1922 - Social and Labour Conflicts, History of Ireland 1801-1922 - Militant separatism, History of Ireland 1801-1922 - War of Independence 1919-1921, History of Ireland 1801-1922 - Civil War 1922-1923, History of Ireland 1801-1922 - Population changes 1801-1921

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The battle began at 0620 on 20 November. It opened with a carefully prepared and predicted but unregistered fire barrage by 1,003 guns on key German defences followed by smoke and a creeping barrage at 300 yards ahead to cover the first advances. Despite efforts to preserve secrecy, the German forces had received sufficient intelligence to be on moderate alert, an attack on Havrincourt was anticipated as was the use of tanks. Initially there was considerable success in most areas, and it seemed as if a great victory was within reach; ...

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Battle of Cambrai, Battle of Cambrai - The plan, Battle of Cambrai - The battle, Battle of Cambrai - The counter-attack, Battle of Cambrai - Aftermath

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Contrary to general Cabinet belief that the war would be over by Christmas of 1914, Kitchener predicted a long and brutal war in which, if timed right, the arrival of an overwhelming force of new, well-trained and well-led divisions would prove a decisive blow against the Central Powers. Kitchener fought off all opposition to his plan, and all attempts to weaken or water down its potential, includ ...

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Kitchener's Army, Kitchener's Army - Origins, Kitchener's Army - Recruitment, Kitchener's Army - Training, Kitchener's Army - Structure

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Both mainstream nationalists and unionists, keen to win the support of the British government to ensure the implementation of the Act on the one hand and to influence the issue of how temporary was partition to be on the other, rallied in support of Britain's commitment under the Triple Entente in what was expected to be a short Great War. The Irish Volunteers split into the National Volunteers and a rump who kept the original title, and the NV and many other Irishmen joined the new 16th (Irish) Division of the British Army to fight t ...

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Home Rule Act 1914, Home Rule Act 1914 - Origins, Home Rule Act 1914 - The battle for Home Rule, Home Rule Act 1914 - The Parliament Act, Home Rule Act 1914 - The Third Home Rule Bill, Home Rule Act 1914 - Conflict of interests, Home Rule Act 1914 - The shaping of Partition, Home Rule Act 1914 - An Act overtaken by events, Home Rule Act 1914 - Attempted implementation, Home Rule Act 1914 - The Aftermath, Home Rule Act 1914 - War of Independence, Home Rule Act 1914 - Treaty Partition

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In April 1912, the Prime Minister offered Ireland self-government in the form of the third Home Rule Bill. Allowing slightly more autonomy than its two predecessors, the bill provided for: A bicameral Irish Parliament to be set up in Dublin (a 40-member Senate and a 164-member House of Commons) with powers to deal with most national affairs; A number of Irish MPs would continue to sit in the Imper ...

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Home Rule Act 1914, Home Rule Act 1914 - Origins, Home Rule Act 1914 - The battle for Home Rule, Home Rule Act 1914 - The Parliament Act, Home Rule Act 1914 - The Third Home Rule Bill, Home Rule Act 1914 - Conflict of interests, Home Rule Act 1914 - The shaping of Partition, Home Rule Act 1914 - An Act overtaken by events, Home Rule Act 1914 - Attempted implementation, Home Rule Act 1914 - The Aftermath, Home Rule Act 1914 - War of Independence, Home Rule Act 1914 - Treaty Partition

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In theory a recruit who was accepted into the army was first sent to his Regimental depot, where he would receive his kit and be given an introduction to army discipline and training, before being sent to the main training camps to join his battalion. In practice, no Regiment had the required stocks of equipment, or the manpower to train the flood of recruits, men were trained in their own clothes and shoes. In order to mitigate this problem, old stored uniforms, including 1st Boer War vintage red jackets, were issued. Some Regiments bought ...

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Kitchener's Army, Kitchener's Army - Origins, Kitchener's Army - Recruitment, Kitchener's Army - Training, Kitchener's Army - Structure

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Home Rule Act 1914 - War of Independence. Main articles: Anglo-Irish War, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]]See also:

Home Rule Act 1914, Home Rule Act 1914 - Origins, Home Rule Act 1914 - The battle for Home Rule, Home Rule Act 1914 - The Parliament Act, Home Rule Act 1914 - The Third Home Rule Bill, Home Rule Act 1914 - Conflict of interests, Home Rule Act 1914 - The shaping of Partition, Home Rule Act 1914 - An Act overtaken by events, Home Rule Act 1914 - Attempted implementation, Home Rule Act 1914 - The Aftermath, Home Rule Act 1914 - War of Independence, Home Rule Act 1914 - Treaty Partition

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The exterior is built mainly from Portland Stone and is in the Classical Renaissance style. It covers an area of one and a half acres and has an enclosed courtyard. Featuring towers at each of the four corners, with a lantern-crowned 173ft brass dome in the centre, the City Hall dominates the city centre skyline. ...

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Belfast City Hall, Belfast City Hall - History, Belfast City Hall - Exterior, Belfast City Hall - Interior, Belfast City Hall - Grounds

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The town of Newtownards is overlooked by the 100ft high Scrabo Tower which sits atop a 534 ft volcanic plug. Scrabo Tower (41m) was erected as a memorial to Charles William Stewart the 3rd Marquis of Londonderry, in recognition of his concern for the plight of his tenants during the great potato famine. The tower is part of Scrabo Country Park. It is open to the public and houses an historical and local environment exhibition. The basalt topped sandstone hill at Scrabo is one of the dominant features of North Down. The Tower now stands tall ...

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Newtownards, Newtownards - History, Newtownards - Places Of Interest, Newtownards - 2001 Census

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Newtownards is classified as a Large Town by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie with population between 18,000 and 75,000 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 27,821 people living in Newtownards. Of these: 22.2% were aged under 16 years and 15.9% were aged 60 and over 48.3% of the population were male and 51.7% were female 8.4% were from a Catholic background and 85.9% were from a Protestant background 3.6% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed. For more detail ...

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Newtownards, Newtownards - History, Newtownards - Places Of Interest, Newtownards - 2001 Census

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Home Rule Act 1914 - War of Independence. Main article: Anglo-Irish War By 1918 Sinn Féin secured a clear majority of Irish seats in the general election, and many of their seats were taken unopposed. Its MPs assembled in Dublin and proclaimed themselves as an independent parliament of an Irish Republic, the First Dáil. A ministry (Aireacht) was formed under Éamon de Valera. Between 1919 ...

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Home Rule Act 1914, Home Rule Act 1914 - Origins, Home Rule Act 1914 - The battle for Home Rule, Home Rule Act 1914 - The Parliament Act, Home Rule Act 1914 - The Third Home Rule Bill, Home Rule Act 1914 - Conflict of interests, Home Rule Act 1914 - The shaping of Partition, Home Rule Act 1914 - An Act overtaken by events, Home Rule Act 1914 - Attempted implementation, Home Rule Act 1914 - The Aftermath, Home Rule Act 1914 - War of Independence, Home Rule Act 1914 - Treaty Partition

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The only significant first day success on the northern sector was made by the Irishmen of the 36th (Ulster) Division, attacking between the Ancre and Thiepval against a position known as the Schwaben Redoubt. Ignoring the recommended tactics, the infantry had crawled into no man's land before zero hour and, with the aid of an effective smoke screen, were able to rush the German frontline when the barrage lifted. The advance briefly reached the German second line at Stuff Redoubt. However, once the German barrage descended on no man's ...

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First day on the Somme, First day on the Somme - Significance of the first day, First day on the Somme - Plans, First day on the Somme - Preparations, First day on the Somme - Artillery, First day on the Somme - Mining, First day on the Somme - Infantry tactics, First day on the Somme - Diversion at Gommecourt, First day on the Somme - Serre & Beaumont Hamel, First day on the Somme - Thiepval, First day on the Somme - Ovillers & La Boisselle, First day on the Somme - Fricourt Mametz & Montauban, First day on the Somme - French sector, First day on the Somme - Aftermath, First day on the Somme - Decorations

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