36th (Ulster) Division
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The 36th Division was an infantry division of the British Army, part of Lord Kitchener's New Army, formed in September 1914. Originally called the Ulster Division, it was made up of mainly members of
Window in Derry Guildhall commemorating the three Irish divisions which served in the Great War
Mural in East Belfast commemorating the various regiments of the division
Ulster Tower, Thiepval
Men of the Inniskillings posing with captured German equipment in the aftermath of the Battle of Messines
Oliver Nugent
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Major-General Sir Oliver Stewart Wood Nugent, was a British Army officer known for his command of the 36th Division during the First World War and particularly at the Battle of the Somme.
36th (Ulster) Division
…for military service. Kitchener had hoped for a brigade's worth of men, but instead received a division, equivalent to three brigades. Major-General Oliver Nugent took command of the division in September 1915 and it moved to France in October 1915. The Ulster Division was one of the few divisions on the British…
Oliver Nugent
King George V reviews the 36th (Ulster) Division at Aldershot, 30 September 1915. Lord Kitchener rides in the centre of the three riders behind him, with Major General Nugent, GOC 36th Division, to Kitchener's right.