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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Armagh
Town
Keady
County
Armagh
Country
Northern Ireland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Maker
Messers John Robinson and sons (Mason)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 1920
    Attended by: Mrs Walker
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
6585

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Current location

2nd Keady Presbyterian Church
Davis Street
Keady
Armagh
Armagh
BT60 3RSD
Northern Ireland

OS Grid Ref: SA 93625 93746
Denomination: Presbyterian

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Description
Scroll shaped marble tablet
Inscription
1914-1919/ 2ND KEADY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF THE GALLANT/ MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCH, WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ THEIR MORTAL REMAINS LIE ON A FOREIGN SHORE/ BUT THEIR MEMORY IN OUR HEARTS ABIDETH/ (NAMES)/ " GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"/ AND AS A TRIBUTE TO, AND IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF THESERICES RENDERED BY THE FOLLOWING, WHO/ CAME SAFELY THROUGH/(NAMES)/"THEY FOUGHT FOR HONOUR, TRUTH, FREEDOM"/ERECTED AD 1920/ ALEXANDER SMALL, DAVID GOVAN, DAVID DORAN SESSION/ SAMUEL W MARTIN BA MINISTER/
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Bates, James
Calvert, Herbert J
Cummins, Wm
Dalzell, Andrew
Doran, Robt
Eraham, Joseph
Huston, Saml
Maxwell, James
Maxwell, Saml
Mcwilliams, W I
See details for all 26 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 27
    Served and returned: 18
    Died: 9
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: forename, surname, rank, regiment, decoration
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: depth 101 mm, height 1000 mm, width 500 mm
    Materials: Marble
Condition
Costs

Site: £104:9:6

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Church

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