An item from history.................
Arthur Guinness, the Ulster Volunteer Force and the Great War.
Arthur Guinness, southern Irish Protestant, staunch Ulster Unionist and Anti Home Rule campaigner was a major contributor of funding to the Ulster Unionist Council who in turn funded the Ulster Volunteer Force..........
At the outbreak of the First World War, employees at the Guinness St. James’s Gate Brewery were encouraged to join the British forces. Over 800 employees served in the Great War serving on land, on sea and in the air all over the world. One of the great Southern Irish Protestant families..