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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Omagh
Town
Omagh
County
Tyrone
Country
Northern Ireland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Rededicated
    Date: 6 November 2007
    Attended by: Revd William Seale & Monsignor Joseph Donnelly
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
6128

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Current location

Callers office
7
Delivery Office
High Street
Omagh
Omagh
Tyrone
BT78 1AA
Northern Ireland

OS Grid Ref: NV 57601 35682
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Dome Headed Brass Plaque for WW1 on wooden backboard, with a rectangular brass plaque for WW2 on wooden backboard directly below
Inscription
1914 IN HONOUR OF THE MEMBERS 1918 / OF THE OMAGH AND DISTRICT POST OFFICE STAFF / WHO VOLUNTEERED AND SERVED IN HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES / DURING THE GREAT WAR. / KILLED IN ACTION / (Names) / THOSE WHO SERVED / (Names) / THE MEMORIAL TABLET UNVEILED AT OMAGH POST OFFICE BY MR T B MACDOWELL, POSTMASTER-SURVEYOR / NORTHERN IRELAND POSTAL SERVICES / 1939 1945 THE SECOND WORLD WAR / KILLED IN ACTION/ [Name] / THOSE WHO SERVED / [Names]
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Anderson, James
Andrews, Philip J
Ashfield, Theophilus
Atcheson, Samuel C
Baird, Arthur G
Branagh, Robert
Brown, William
Cadden, John F
Campbell, John
Canning, Herbert
See details for all 99 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 86
    Served and returned: 80
    Died: 6
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, forename
    Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 13
    Served and returned: 12
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, forename
    Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
Components
  • First World War memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass
  • Undefined
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
  • Undefined
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Royal Mail
Reference

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