The central image of soldiers at the battle of the Somme is surrounded by images of various occupations: shipyard workers and miners (perhaps), along with images of women welding, carrying coke, and nursing. It’s not clear what the “fair wartime wage” refers to: there was a general strike at the shipyards in 1919 (The Great Unrest | Workers’ Liberty).
The nurse is apparently the Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (WP). The image of a person carrying a sack of coke is from the Imperial War Museum’s collection.
The lower wall is intended to be full, but painting has ceased indefinitely.
Artist Jonny McKerr (Fb) also did a similarly-styled piece on The Belfast Blitz.
Edlingham Street, Tiger’s Bay, north Belfast
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