Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Craigavon
- Town
- Portadown
- County
- Armagh
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 7 August 1999
Attended by: Major General DAVID O'MORCHOE - Dedicated
Date: 7 August 1999
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 42591
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Current location
9-11
Royal British Legion Hall
Thomas Street
Portadown
Craigavon
Armagh
BT62 3NP
Northern Ireland
OS Grid Ref: NW 11768 11400
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- STONE TABLET SET IN BRICK WALL with an engraved depiction of a VICTORIA CROSS
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF/ LT. G. ST G. SHILLINGTON CATHER VC/ 9TH BATTALION ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS 36TH ULSTER DIVISION/ AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS FOR CONSPICUOUS BRAVERY AT THE / BATTLE OF THE SOMME JULY 1916/ ERECTED BY THE ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS OLD COMRADES ASSOCIATION/ (PORTADOWN BRANCH)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Cather, G S G S
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment, decorations, additional
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Tablet
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Other
- Responsibility
- R B L , PORTADOWN BRANCH
- Reference
- Portadown Times 6 and 13 August 1999
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