The remaining troops of the Ulster Division were ordered to withdraw and reorganize.

Nugent devised the strategy that led to the Ulster Division going 'over the top' twenty minutes before Zero Hour.

He was exploring major cultural events and totems in Protestant Ireland when he came upon an account of the 36th Ulster Division.

The retreat which followed ended on March 29 and the Ulster Division moved north to the Ypres Salient.

Together, they comprised the 109th Brigade of the Ulster Division, which left for the Western Front on 15 July 1915.

In February 1916, the Ulster Division experienced its first front line fighting.

The 9th Battalion, as part of the Ulster Division, fought in the Battle of St. Quentin.

The 36th Ulster Division, which contains many Ulster Volunteers, loses 5,500 men in the first two days.

The 14th was generally seen as one of the poorer combat units of the Ulster Division.

Many of the men of the Ulster Division trained in the estate before moving to England and then France early in 1916.