At the Cenotaph in Belfast City Hall grounds, the laying of wreaths on the 49th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. The 36th (Ulster) Division fought at the battle and lost 5,000 men. It was an infantry division of the British Army, part of Lord Kitchener's New Army, formed in September 1914. 

The Battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and French Third Republic against the German Empire. It took place between 1 July and 18 November 1916 on both sides of the upper reaches of the Somme, a river in France. The battle was intended to hasten a victory for the Allies. More than three million men fought in the battle and one million men were wounded or killed, making it one of the deadliest battles in human history. 

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