July 2016

Free Lunchtime Lecture: Dr Timothy Bowman, “The Battle of the Somme: Three Armies at War, 1916”

Wednesday 6 July

Time 1pm – 2pm

Lecture Theatre, Ulster Museum

Free (Booking essential)

This lecture will give an overview of the Battle of the Somme and include comparisons between the different armies involved in the campaign, namely the British, French and German.

Timothy Bowman is a historian who specialises in British and Irish military history. To date his research has considered aspects of the British Army in the First World War, and the Ulster Volunteer Force, 1910–1922.

Book tickets online at:www.nmni.com/1916.  

Events at the Somme Museum -

1st, 2nd and 3rd July 2016

Supported by “Living Legacies 1914-18” WW1 Engagement Centre

1st July 2016, 11 am -1 pm and 2 pm - 4 pm
3 FREE ACTIVITIES in the Foyer Area of Somme Museum:

1.     Bring your WW1 Objects, Tell your WW1 Stories
If you have any family letters, photographs, diaries, or other objects from the war, bring them along and have them professionally scanned by our digital experts.

2.     Learn how to Build a WWI Trench
Using an Augmented Reality SandBox, explore how different types of trenches were created during WW1 and discover how trench warfare changed over the course of the Great War.

3.     See Yourself at the Frontline
Choose from one of our five historic WW1 background images and place yourself back in time on the frontline in France using our ‘green screen technology’.

2nd July and 3rd July 2016:

“From Clandeboye to Thiepval” – a journey through maps and landscapes

A specially-produced information film using historic maps of Clandeboye and the Battle of the Somme to guide you through the places troops trained and fought (film showing throughout the weekend).

“Remembering the Somme” walking tour and talks

Step back 100 years to 1916 and the Battle of the Somme. Learn of the gallant contribution of the soldiers from the 36th Ulster Division and follow in their footsteps as you walk through their training camp to Helen’s Tower.  Tours will take place 2nd and 3rd of July at 10 am and 2 pm (Some Tours are already sold out!)   

For Tickets please go to:
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/ardsandnorthdown

Talk at the Tower on July 2nd by Ms Heather Montgomery (Queen’s University Belfast)

Talk at the Tower on July 3rd by Dr Tim Bowman (University of Kent)

Please click the poster for more information

1916 people of many nationalities will unite in front of the Albert Railway Station at 9pm, on 30th June 2016. This will be the starting point for a walk that will pass in front of the Basilica, before leading 250 metres through the Museum’s tunnel to re-emerge at Place Emile Leturcq (the square in front of the town hall). Each participant will be wearing an identical t-shirt and will hold a lit-torch as a sign of peace. A Mass Band of 100 pipers will accompany the event. The participants will form a dove of peace surrounded by the pipers and will light 1916 Chinese lanterns that will be sent into the sky above Albert paying tribute to the soldiers who gave their lives during the war.

www.musee-somme-1916.org  - www.centenaire-somme.com

See more at: http://www.somme-battlefields.com/centenary-somme-centenary-14-18/major-events#sthash.4LptBUBC.dpuf

Ovillers-La Boisselle. Please contact Claudie Llewellyn Association des Amis de l’ilot de la Boisselle / La Boisselle town hall

See more at: http://www.somme-battlefields.com/centenary-somme-centenary-14-18/major-events#sthash.I4ej7H9M.dpuf

‌Reconstruction and exhibition of a field hospital by the Great War Society, on the village playing field at Mailly-Maillet.

Please contact the town hall: +3322762132

See more at: http://www.somme-battlefields.com/centenary-somme-centenary-14-18/major-events#sthash.4LptBUBC.dpuf

Spend an exceptional four days walking across the battlefields of the Great War.

www.centenaire-somme.com

See more at: http://www.somme-battlefields.com/centenary-somme-centenary-14-18/major-events#sthash.4LptBUBC.dpuf

Omagh at War, 1913-1919: A Photographic Exhibition
June 11-July 30, 2016
Omagh Library
1 Spillars Place, Omagh, BT78 1HL

Omagh at War 1913-1919, is an exhibit of First World War era photographs, most of which were taken by Norman Holland and presented by Dr CJ Haldane Mitchell BEM, in his well-known Images of Omagh book series (21 volumes) published by The Rotary Club from 1990-2015. The photographer Norman Holland was a solicitor based in Omagh who had a passion for photography and has left a wonderful visual record of the West Tyrone region during the First World War. The project has been developed by the Mellon Centre for Migration Studies at the Ulster-American Folk Park and the Scotch-Irish Trust of Ulster in partnership with Living Legacies 1914-18 First World War Engagement Centre.

The Omagh at War 1913-1919 website may be accessed at: https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=1f8c2d51c2254a7a94b5349bca3afc26

For more information, contact the library at: 028-8244-0733 or email: omagh.library@librariesni.org.uk