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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cenotaph
- District
- Mid Ulster
- Town
- Cookstown
- County
- Tyrone
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Purdy and Millard (Builder)
FREDERICK WILLIAM POMEROY RA (Designer) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 18 April 1927
Attended by: Mrs Ricardo (widow of Gerneral Ricardo who led 109th Brigade Enniskellens) - Dedicated
Date: 18 April 1927
Attended by: Lieut. Col. Lewis RBL - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 6107
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Current location
Centre of the road in the town centre
23
William Steet A29
Cookstown
Mid Ulster
Tyrone
BT80 8BA
Northern Ireland
OS Grid Ref: NV 94001 38414
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Block built silver grey granite Cenotaph with electric torches each side and inset bronze panels surmounting a two stepped base. Wreaths on north and south faces and torches on east and west face
- Inscription
- South Side: OUR GLORIOUS DEAD East and West Side: IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE MEN FROM COOKSTOWN/ AND DISTRICT/ WHO IN THE GREAT WAR GAVE/ THEIR LIVES FOR FREEDOM
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ashfield, Hugh
Baine, Joseph
Barton, Patrick
Beach, J J
Bell, Thos
Black, Isaac
Blair, R
Boyle, Joseph
Boyle, Louis
Bradley, John
See details for all 118 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 42
Served and returned: 0
Died: 42
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: Undefined - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 118
Served and returned: 0
Died: 118
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Base
Measurements: height 14FT, width 12FT
Materials: Concrete - Memorial
Measurements: depth 2.23M, height 5.23M, width 3M
Materials: Granite
- Base
- Condition
- Cookstown War Memorial
- WMO ID: 159697
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 22-02-2018]
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- History
- SLIGHT DETERIORATION ON NAMES
- Costs
Site: £670-4S-10D
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- DISTRICT COUNCIL
- Reference
- Ulster Architectural Society unknown date etc.
- Mid Ulster Mail - unknown dates
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