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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Dungannon
- Town
- Coalisland
- County
- Tyrone
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 6152
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Current location
Brackaville Church
Dungannon Road
Coalisland
Dungannon
Tyrone
BT71 4HT
Northern Ireland
OS Grid Ref: NV 95843 25928
Denomination: Church of Ireland
- Description
- White marble tablet set on a black backboard with a pediment. An open book is carved at the top of the tablet and the lettering is in black.
- Inscription
- 1914-1918/FOR KING AND COUNTRY/IN LOVING MEMORY OF/L/CPL HUGH JOHN CAIRNS R. INNIS FUS./WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT FESTUBERT FRANCE/IN THE GREAT WAR/AND HIS BROTHER THOMAS WILLIAM WHO/SERVED AS A DRIVER WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN/FLANDERS, AND SINCE DIED IN USA/ALSO THEIR FATHER AND MOTHER/HUGH AND SARAH CAIRNS OF THIS PARISH/I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU COMFORTLESS/ ST JOHN XIV XIII(?)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Cairns, Hugh John
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White
- Memorial
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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