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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Belfast
- Town
- Belfast
- County
- Antrim
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 6225
Current location
Inside ticket barrier.
Belfast Central Railway Station
East Bridge Street
Belfast
Belfast
Antrim
BT7 2DS
Northern Ireland
OS Grid Ref: NW 47059 29285
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Great Victoria Street Railway Station (first)
Belfast
Belfast
Antrim
Northern Ireland
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Great Victoria Street Railway Station (first)
- Description
- Nowy-headed plaque with decorated border and company badge at the head. Inscription and names in relief.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF THE STAFF OF THE / GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY (IRELAND), WHO LAID DOWN THEIR/ LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ (Names)/ ALSO THE FOLLOWING WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945/(Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, Charles
Anderson, William
Ashfield, Joseph
Bell, Alexander John
Bell, Thomas J
Bond, Walter S
Brown, John
Brown, William
Brown, William J
Carroll, James
See details for all 87 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 87
Served and returned: 0
Died: 87
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,forename,decorations
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 7
Served and returned: 0
Died: 7
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- Condition
- Great Northern Railway War Memorial
- WMO ID: 157257
- Condition: Very bad [last updated on 12-10-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Translink (Northern Ireland Railways)
- Reference
- Irish War Memorials www.irishwwarmemorials.ie/html/showPicture.php?pictureID=1995
- Ulster War Memorials www.ulsterwarmemorials.net/html/railway_memorials.html
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