Research.

Bona fide researchers may have access to the archives at the
War Memorial.

The archive consists of:

  • Bound editions of the WW1 and WW2 Memorials
  • Books about war and conflict
  • Wartime magazines
  • Pamphlets
  • Photographic albums
  • Newspaper cuttings
  • Scrapbooks
  • Videos and DVDs

The following are available on hard disk:

  • Large photographic archive
  • The names and addresses of the thousand deceased from the Blitz
  • the names of 6,000 service personnel from Northern Ireland who
    lost their lives in WW2


Further information about Northern Ireland’s contribution to WW2 may
be found on the Northern Ireland Museum Council’s website www.secondworldwarni.org.  This website has information under:

  • Beginnings
  • War effort
  • Northern Ireland’s military importance
  • Emergency measures
  • Civil Defence
  • Air Raids
  • US Forces
  • Ireland’s neutrality
  • Overseas
  • Northern Ireland and the Holocaust
  • Aftermath

    For access to the archive, contact the Education/outreach Officer.

Opening Hours

Monday - Friday
10.30am - 4.30pm

Group visits by arrangement with the archivist.

Admission free.


Literature

Leaflets about the Northern Ireland War Memorial and the Home Front Exhibition are available free at the reception.

A history of the Northern Ireland War Memorial may be purchased at the reception, price £5.

Archivist: Major John Potter MBE