Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Pulpit or pulpit part
- District
- Ballymena
- Town
- Broughshane
- County
- Antrim
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- J C Maters & Co (Builder)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1 October 1922
Attended by: Major-General Barnett Wilson CB CMG - Dedicated
Date: 1 October 1922
Attended by: Rev Major-General J M Simms CB CMG DD LLD MP - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 6373
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Current location
Second Presbyterian Church
Raceview Rd
Broughshane
Ballymena
Antrim
BT42 4JL
Northern Ireland
OS Grid Ref: NW 30069 63432
Denomination: Presbyterian
- Description
- Octagonal pulpit with panels constructed of Austrian oak. The First World War panel, centrally positioned, encloses a heavy brass plaque on which are the names of those who fell during the war, while on the other side are the names of all of those who served in the armed forces. On either side of this panel are two additional panels bearing the names of those who served and died during the Second World War.
- Inscription
- (Names)/ "THEY JEOPARDED THEIR LIVES UNTO THE DEATH IN THE HIGH PLACES OF THE FIELD" JUDGES CHAPTER 5 VERSE 18/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS CONGREGATION WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY AND THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE DEFENCE OF THE EMPIRE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 60
Served and returned: 0
Died: 60
Exact count: no
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Alphabetically - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 37
Served and returned: 0
Died: 37
Exact count: no
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Alphabetically
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Pulpit
Measurements: depth 1750 mm, height 2000 mm, width 3000 mm
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Plaque
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Trevor Gray, A History of Second Broughshane Presbyterian Church, 1861-1986 (Church, 1986).
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