He laid a laurel wreath at the cenotaph in memory "of those lost a the Battle of the Somme, on behalf of the government of Ireland".
She said that her party had already written to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to request that 1 July, the anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, be added to the list of designated days.
Killowen lodge holds a Battle of the Somme commemoration parade in Coleraine on an annual basis.
He died on 7 July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme when he was in his mid 20s.
He has taken part in a commemoration service for those killed during the First World War's Battle of the Somme.
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Pte Wolstencroft returned to France after leaving Shepreth, where he died on 7 July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme.
Each July, the Portadown Orange Lodge attends a service at Drumcree church to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of the Somme.
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Mr Mather, 74, read a letter in the Lancashire Evening Post from Rita Finley, whose husband's grand-father died in the Battle of the Somme.
Tull enlisted in the army in 1914, rose to become a 2nd Lieutenant and died in the Second Battle of the Somme in 1918.
However, it has only been in the past nine years that the Orangemen's annual Battle of the Somme commemoration service has made headlines around the world.
He returned home for hospital treatment after being wounded in the battle of the Somme in 1916 but recovered sufficiently to qualify again for service overseas.
Many of those UVF men joined the 36th Ulster Division of the British Army and died in large numbers during the battle of the Somme in July 1916.
More than a million soldiers from the British Empire, France and Germany were killed in the battle of the Somme, which took place between July and November 1916.
The international-level register, which features items of global significance, includes items from the UK such as 1215 Magna Carta, the Mappa Mundi and the film The Battle of the Somme.
In January this year, the council passed a resolution inviting the Irish government to participate in events to mark both the anniversary of Battle of the Somme and Remembrance Sunday.
One source indicated that there are proposals, including an Alliance request to the Department of Culture, that the union flag fly on 1 July to mark the Battle of the Somme.
The Star of David accordion band led the marchers through the country lanes and they filed into the church for an hour-long service to commemorate the First World War Battle of the Somme.
Exciting youngsters like Paul Slane, Ross Forbes and Jamie Murphy will relish the lush new playing surface at Fir Park (how will the Scottish media survive without their tiresome Battle of the Somme patter?).
Capt Lloyd, a vicar's son from the Powys village of Aberedw, served in the Welch Regiment during the early years of WWI, but he was wounded leading an attack at Mametz during the first Battle of the Somme on 7 July 1916.
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