
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Unidentified
- District
- Lisburn
- Town
- Hilden
- County
- Antrim
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 43604
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Current location
Grand Street/Mill Street junction
Hilden
Lisburn
Antrim
BT27 4TY
Northern Ireland
OS Grid Ref: NW 39366 21438
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- The Hilden memorial is in the form of a hexagon, with semi-circular top, and is of Portland stone, built in ashlar. On three sides it is supported by buttresses, with moulded caps and bases, the alternate sides forming recessed panels on which are placed the names of the fallen on handsome bronze plaques, with raised lettering, the inscription being placed round the top. The monument is 13 feet 6 inches in height from the ground, and is placed on a pedestal formed by two hexagonal steps. There are in all 113 names on the memorial, all of whom had been employed in the three districts.
- Inscription
- ERECTED IN ABIDING AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM HILDEN, GLENMORE AND LAMBEG WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN DEFENCE OF EMPIRE, HOME AND LIBERTY IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-1918. MAY THE UNDYING MEMORY OF THEIR DEVOTION BE TO ALL WHO READ THE NAMES AN INSPIRATION TO SERVE THEIR COUNTRY PROMOTE ITS WELFARE AND GIVE THOUGHT FOR PEACE AND HAPPINESS/ NAMES OF THE FALLEN
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Baker, Walter
Beggs, Henry Parker
Bleakley, Samuel
Bowers, James
Boyd, David
Boyd, Henry
Brown, Edmond
Brown, James
Brown, John
Brown, Samuel
See details for all 113 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 113
Served and returned: 0
Died: 113
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Memorial
- Condition
- Hilden, Glenmore and Lambeg War Memorial
- WMO ID: 148501
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 05-04-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Names List-www.lisburn.com/war_memorials/hilden-memorial.html (Please note other sources say there are 117 names, which would seem to be in question, also other sources have what is known to be incorrect biographical information on James Bowers, one of the listed casualties)
- www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2414119
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