Built by public subscription, the Ulster Memorial Tower was unveiled on the 19th November 1921 by Field-Marshall Sir Henry Wilson.

The Memorial is erected on the site of the famous attack of the 36th (Ulster) Division on the 1st July 1916. The Tower stands some 70 feet at its tallest point and is a lasting tribute to the men of Ulster who gave their lives during the Great War.

The Tower itself is a replica of a well known Ulster landmark, Helen's Tower, which stands on the Dufferin and Ava Estate at Clandeboye, County Down. It was in the shadow oh Helen's Tower that the men of the newly formed Ulster Division drilled and trained. For many of the men of this Division the distinctive sight of Helen's Tower rising above the surrounding countryside was one of their last abiding memories of home before their departure for the Western front.