Classroom Posters
First Minister Arlene Foster is pictured Tom Crowther and Henry Hempstead from Campbell College and Jack Robinson and Dylan Bowden Royal Belfast Academical Institution.
Schools Education Project
Ulster’s V.C. Heroes of the Great War
Battle of the Somme, The Attack of the Ulster Division
About this project
Two posters – one of Ulster’s V.C. Winners and one of the famous James Princep Beadle painting of the 36th Ulster Division – have been supplied to schools across the nine counties of Ulster.
Portrait images of the V.C winners were of poor quality and so a complete, stylistically consistent, set of illustrations was commission to show the men in full uniform. Working with an expert illustrator and a military historian, these are the most authentic depictions of the servicemen. The men themselves came from Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan, as well as the counties of present-day Northern Ireland. Some were born in England of Ulster parentage. A brief description is given of each man’s place of birth, and of the act of bravery which caused them to be awarded the Victoria Cross.
Sergeant David Nelson
‘L’ Battery Royal Artillery
Born in Stranooden, County Monaghan
Awarded the V.C. for actions at Néry, France 1st September 1914
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Major Ernest Wright Alexander
119th Battery Royal Field Artillery
Born in Liverpool, to a Belfast mother
Awarded the V.C. for actions at Elouges, Belgium 24th August 1914
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Private William McFadzean
14th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
Born in Lurgan, County Armagh
Awarded the V.C. For actions at Thiepval Wood 1st July 1916
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Second Lieutenant Edmund De Wind
15th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
Born in Comber, County Down
Awarded the V.C. for actions near Grugies, France 21st March 1918
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Lieutenant- Colonel (acting)Richard Annesley West
North Irish Horse
Born in London, to a Fermanagh father
Awarded the V.C. for actions at Courcelles, France 21st August 1918
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Second Lieutenant Hugh Colvin
9th Battalion Cheshire Regiment
Born in Burnley, of Ulster parentage
Awarded the V.C. for actions near Ypres, Belgium 20th September 1917
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Sergeant James Somers
1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Born in Belturbet, County Cavan
Awarded the V.C. for actions at Gallipoli, Turkey 1st/2nd July 1915
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Private James Duffy
6th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Born in Gweedore, County Donegal
Awarded the V.C. for actions at Kereina Peak, Palestine 27th December 1917
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Private Robert Morrow
1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers
Born in Newmills, County Tyrone.
Awarded the V.C. for actions at Messines, Belgium 12th April 1915
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Commander Edward Barry Stewart Bingham
Royal Navy
Born in Bangor, County Down
Awarded the V.C. for actions at Jutland, 31st May 1916
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Private Thomas Hughes
6th Battalion Connaught Rangers
Born in Castleblayney, County Monaghan
Awarded the V.C. for actions at Guillemont, France 3rd September 1916
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Sergeant- Major Robert Hill Hanna
29th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force
Born in Kilkeel, County Down
Awarded the V.C. for actions at Lens, France 21st August 1917
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Rifleman Robert Quigg
12th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
Born in Bushmills, County Antrim
Awarded the V.C. for actions at Hamel 1st July 1916
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Second Lieutenant John Spencer Dunville
1st Royal Dragoons
Born in London, to a Holywood born Father
Awarded the V.C. for actions near Epehy, France 24th/ 25th June 1917
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Captain Eric Norman Frankland Bell
9th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh
Awarded the V.C. for actions at Thiepval 1st July 1916
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Private James Crichton
2nd Battalion Auckland Infantry Regiment
Born in Carrickfergus, County Antrim
Awarded the V.C. for actions near Crèvecoeur, France 30th September 1918
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Lieutenant Geoffrey St. George Shillington Cather
9th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers
Born in London, to a Coleraine father and Portadown mother
Awarded the V.C. for actions at Hamel 1st July 1916
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Lieutenant James Anson Otho Brooke
2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders
Born in Aberdeen, to a County Fermanagh father
Awarded the V.C. for actions near Gheluvelt, Belgium 29th October 1914
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Second Lieutenant John Spencer Dunville
1st Royal Dragoons
Born in London, to a Holywood born Father
Awarded the V.C. for actions near Epehy, France 24th/ 25th June 1917
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We are delighted that Belfast City Council granted permission for the Beadle painting to be reproduced, incorporating the famous quote from Captain Wilfrid Spender: “‘I am not an Ulsterman but yesterday, the 1st July, as I followed their amazing attack, I felt that I would rather be an Ulsterman than anything else in the world”. The original painting currently resides in City Hall, Belfast.
- Posters were supplied to every school in Ulster
- A free PDF version can be downloaded | Download V.C. poster or Download V.C. poster
