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23/05/2016
Thousands Of Orangemen Attend Parades To Mark Battle Of The Somme
Thousands of Orangemen attended church parades held across Northern Ireland to mark to the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme.
The formal county memorial services took place in Armagh, Omagh and Cookstown, Enniskillen, Limavady and Dromore.
A separate drumhead service is due to take place in Co Antrim next weekend.
The memorial events come ahead of the actual centenary on July 1, when the Orange Institution, along with the entire nation, will reflect on the bravery of all servicemen who paid the ultimate sacrifice in the seminal battle on The Western Front.
Tens of thousands of Orangemen, many of whom were members of the 36th Ulster Division, lost their lives fighting at the Somme.
Grand Master of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland, Edward Stevenson, said: "The Battle of the Somme will forever be seared into the psyche of the Orange family, given the huge sacrifice by members of the Institution on the front line.
"Indeed, many brethren attending the memorial services will have relatives who answered the call of duty a century ago, and fought and died for the freedoms we enjoy today."
(CD/MH)
The formal county memorial services took place in Armagh, Omagh and Cookstown, Enniskillen, Limavady and Dromore.
A separate drumhead service is due to take place in Co Antrim next weekend.
The memorial events come ahead of the actual centenary on July 1, when the Orange Institution, along with the entire nation, will reflect on the bravery of all servicemen who paid the ultimate sacrifice in the seminal battle on The Western Front.
Tens of thousands of Orangemen, many of whom were members of the 36th Ulster Division, lost their lives fighting at the Somme.
Grand Master of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland, Edward Stevenson, said: "The Battle of the Somme will forever be seared into the psyche of the Orange family, given the huge sacrifice by members of the Institution on the front line.
"Indeed, many brethren attending the memorial services will have relatives who answered the call of duty a century ago, and fought and died for the freedoms we enjoy today."
(CD/MH)
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