Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Down
- Town
- Killough
- County
- Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Commemoration
- Korean War (1950-1953)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 28th November 1954
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Dedicated
Date: 28 November 1954
Attended by: Very Rev R C H Elliott MA HCF, Dean of Belfast - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 6355
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Current location
St Anne's Church
Branneys Lane
Killough
Down
Down
BT30 7RE
Northern Ireland
OS Grid Ref: SB 62931 90376
Denomination: Church of Ireland
- Description
- Lacquered brass plaque on dark oak mount. Globe and laurel badge of the royal marines.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD, AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF CAPTAIN RALPH NICHOLAS PARKINSON-CUMINE MC ROYAL MARINES AGED 28 YEARS MISSING IN ACTION, PRESUMED KILLED 29TH NOVEMBER 1950 WHILE SERVING IN 41 INDEPENDENT COMMANDO IN KOREA. GREATER LOVE HATH THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Parkinson-curmine, Ralph Nicholas
See details - Commemorations
- Korean War (1950-1953)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename, rank, decorations, regiment, age of death, manner of death, date of death, place of death
Order of information: Undefined
- Korean War (1950-1953)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: depth 30mm, height 355mm, width 570mm
Materials: Brass - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Plaque
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
- Reference
- Reports of memorial service: Belfast Telegraph, 29 Nov 1954; Dromore Leader, 3 Dec 1954; Down Recorder; Belfast Newsletter; Mourne Observer.
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