Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Belfast
Town
Castlereagh
County
Antrim
Country
Northern Ireland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
6217

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Current location

on South Wall
65-71
Knockbreda Church
Church Road
Castlereagh
Belfast
Antrim
BT8 7AN
Northern Ireland

OS Grid Ref: NW 47180 25543
Denomination: Church of Ireland

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Description
A rectangular tablet is mounted on the nowy-head backboard. The tablet itself is surrounded by decorative stands, border and cornice pediment. A badge of Royal Army Medical Corps with decorative leaves and flags are placed on top of the pediment. Inscription commemorates a captain who fell during WW1. Lettering is carved in black with roman caps and lower case.
Inscription
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ FRANK LEE CLELAND MB CAPTAIN RAMC/ ATTACHED TO 2ND ESSEX REGIMENT/ SON OF THE LATE FRANCIS LEE AND MARY CLELAND/ BREDA HOUSE IN THIS PARISH/ WHO WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED AT THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME/ JULY 1ST 1916 AGED 28 YEARS/ AND RESTS IN ST SEVER CEMETERY ROUEN/ "FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH"/ THIS TABLET IS ERECTED IN LOVING MEMORY BY HIS MOTHER
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Cleland, Frank Lee
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank, surname, date of death, regiment, place of death, forenames, place of birth, place of burial, manner of death, age, relationships
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private

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