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Memorial details

Memorial type
Composite
District
Fermanagh
Town
Enniskillen
County
Fermanagh
Country
Northern Ireland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Northern Ireland Conflict; The Troubles (1969-1998)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 24 October 1922
    Attended by: Lord Fitzalan
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
6102

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Current location

Memorial is close to the Clinton Centre
Enniskillen
Belmore Street / East Bridge Street
Enniskillen
Fermanagh
Fermanagh
BT74
Northern Ireland

OS Grid Ref: NV 34120 08922
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Bronze WW1 soldier with bowed head and rifle reversed on a plinth with stepped base. Crossed rifles and Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Badge on base of the plinth; an additional plinth has been added with eleven doves to commemorate the victims of the 1987 bombing
Inscription
OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ 1914-1918/ 1939-1945/
Inscription legible?
no
Names on memorial
Abbott, W E
Abercrombie, W J
Abraham, W J
Acheson, J
Allen, A
Allen, T
Allen, W
Anderson, J
Anderson, W C
Annesley, J P St J
See details for all 581 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 612
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 612
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: service, regiment,rank,surname,decorations
    Order of information: as above
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Northern Ireland Conflict; The Troubles (1969-1998)
    Total names on memorial: 11
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 11
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Figure
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Plinth
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone - Limestone
  • Steps
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Memorial
    Measurements: depth 4000 mm, height 6000 mm, width 4000 mm
    Materials: Unknown
Condition
History
c1990/1991: Refurbished and redesigned as a result of damage sustained in the 1987 bombing. Names recut; new plinth added with doves of peace; traffic surround widened and rebuilt in stone; names of those killed in bombing inscribed on surround. The memorial was heighted by 1000mm.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Manchester Genealogist Volume 46 No 3, 2010 pages 207-215. One of the men named is Lieutenant Loftus Reade of the Manchester Regiment. See The Manchester concerning his 538 letters about his time in the army from enlisting in 1901 to death in action on 29 Oct 1914, now at Tameside Archives. Has much detail about the work of the 1st Batallion during these years. This article is but a summary of this unique and valuable archive
  • Carter Postcard Collection
  • Illustrated London News 4 Nov. 1922 p.704
  • Sunday Telegraph November 9th 1997
  • AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN: BRITISH FIRST WORLD WAR MEMORIALS by BOORMAN, DEREK 86,87 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:SESSIONS 1988 YORK

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