O socii, neque enim ignari sumus ante malorum, O passi graviora, dabit deus his quoque finem. Virgil : Æneid . And he hadde been somtyme in chyvachie, In Flaundrés, in Artoys and Pycardie, And born hym weel. Chaucer : Canterbury Tales . Dawbeney — Wise princes, Oxford, Fight not alone with forces. Providence Directs and tutors strength; else elephants And barbèd horses might as well prevail As the most subtle stratagems of war. Ford : Perkin Warbeck . THE HISTORY OF THE 36 TH (ULSTER) DIVISION B

The history of the 36th (Ulster) Division is the record of a great effort and a great achievement. The effort which resulted in its inception was the outcome of the determination, on the part of a people brought up in great traditions and inspired with a fervent spirit of loyalty, that they should be worthily represented in the fierce and prolonged struggle which from the outset was clearly foreshadowed. The achievement was the response made to the call by their representatives, the gallant deed

The history of the 36th (Ulster) Division is published under the patronage of the Right Hon. the Lord Carson of Duncairn, the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, and Major-General Sir O. S. W. Nugent, K.C.B., D.S.O. Its publication once decided upon, the first step taken was the formation of an influential Committee; the second, that of a Guarantee Fund to cover the whole cost of its production, which was, within a few weeks, largely over-subscribed. The materials upon which the History is chief

But little remains to be told. The war was over, and men were eager to be home. There was a certain disappointment that the Division was not to form part of the British garrison on the Rhine. As a fact, one Division only of the New Armies was chosen for this duty. It was the 9th, with which, since April, in days of reverse and days of victory, the 36th had been in comradeship as close as any two Divisions can have known in the course of the war. None begrudged to it this seal upon its splendid r

A List of HONOURS AND AWARDS Gained by Officers and Other Ranks while serving with the 36th (Ulster) Division 1914-1918 VICTORIA CROSS Captain ERIC NORMAN FRANKLAND BELL, 9th Batt. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. For most conspicuous bravery at Thiepval, on 1st July, 1916. He was in command of a trench mortar battery, and advanced with the infantry to the attack. When our front line was hung up by enfilading machine-gun fire, Captain Bell crept forward and shot the machine-gunner. Later, on no les