Palmerston Residents Association

These are the names of only a few of the brave men who served voluntarily in the 1914 to 1915 war for King and Country.  The Roll of  Honour shows the names of the sons of one of our great industrialist William Holmes Smiles of Westbank House on the Palmerston Road Sydenham Belfast Northern Ireland. William Holmes Smiles And Gustav Wilhelm Wolff Founded one of the biggest companies in the World The Belfast Rope Works in East Belfast, yet these two men who give so much to Northern Ireland are not Commemorated  anywhere in East Belfast. Gustav Wilhelm Wolff one of the the Founder members With Sir Edward Harland founded the Belfast Shipyard one of the Largest in the World yet these two men are not Commemorated anywhere in East Belfast the home of the Belfast Shipyard and the Belfast Rope Works.  Would it not be fitting to have Gustav Wilhelm Wolff and William Holmes Smiles Commemorated at the sites where they both lived in East Belfast Gustav Wolff The Den Station Road, and William Smiles Palmerston Road. It is a very sad sight to see the sons of William Holmes Smiles on the roll of honour yet know one knows  know their history. We must let them know just how great Northern Ireland was and how many great men actually lived here and who they were and what they did to improve so many lives for the people of Northern Ireland 

The Chairman Terry Hoey

The Palmerston Residents Association Smiles And Wolff Campaign