Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Newtownabbey
- Town
- Straid
- County
- Antrim
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Messrs T Thompson & Sons (Builder)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 6365
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Current location
Congregational Church
Seskin Rd
Straid
Newtownabbey
Antrim
BT39 9NG
Northern Ireland
OS Grid Ref: NW 47547 47247
Denomination: Congregational
- Description
- Marble tablet with a basket arch and emblem positioned top centre between dates.
- Inscription
- 1914-1919/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR BROTHERS WHO FELL/ AND IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR/ THESE MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ (Names)/ THESE SERVED WITH HONOUR/ (Names)/ "Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life."
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Forsyth, Robert B W
Holmes, William
Jenkins, Robert
Johnston, Albert I
Johnston, Samuel J
Kennedy, Albert
Mckimm, Alexander K
Mckinney, Robert J
Park, Andrew
Park, Andrew
See details for all 10 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 10
Served and returned: 6
Died: 4
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, regiment, forename, surname
Order of information: Alphabetically
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble
- Tablet
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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