Newtownards -70th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Memorial details

Memorial type

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

Regimental Memorials, Second World War - civilians, Second World War (1939-1945)

Ceremony

Unveiled
Date: 5 March 2012
Attended by: Mayor of Newtownards

Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

68770

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Current location

Court Square
Newtonards
Down
Down
BT23 7PA
Northern Ireland

OS Grid Ref: NW 61597 28061
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

Granite stone of remembrance featuring the Inniskilling crest. Lettering engraved in white.

Inscription

IN MEMORY OF/ THE 13 SOLDIERS OF/ THE 70TH BATTALION/ ROYAL INNISKILLING/ FUSILIERS/ KILLED DURING THE/ AIR RAID ON/ NEWTOWNARDS/ ON THE NIGHT OF/ 15TH APRIL 1941/ AND IN REMEMBRANCE OF/ ALL THOSE SERVICE PERSONNEL/ AND CIVILIANS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/ IN THE ARDS AS A RESULT OF/ THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

Inscription legible?

yes

Commemorations

Regimental Memorials
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Stone of remembrance
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite

Condition

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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