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233 Bangor Road
Newtownards, Co. Down
BT23 7PH
+44 28 9182 3202
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The Battle of the Somme in 1916 was the worst military disaster the British Empire had ever suffered. Waves of soldiers were ordered "over the top" by their commanding officers only to be shot to pieces by German rifle fire. Losses for Ulster regiments were particularly high: nearly 6,000 Ulstermen were killed or wounded in this protracted battle, and the Somme is a wound that runs deep in Ulster consciousness. Visit the Somme Heritage Museum where trench life and the conditions of battle have been eerily recreated. Audio-visual displays encompass the story of Ireland's contribution to the First World War, as well as the unfolding of this horrendous battle in painstaking detail.
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