Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Serviceman / Servicewoman
- District
- Down
- Town
- Comber
- County
- Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 14th April 1923
Attended by: Rev. Canon Manning, M.C., M.A., C.F., served with the Ulster Division. - Unveiled
Date: 14th April 1923
Attended by: Mrs. L. A. Hind, Ardars, sister of the Right Hon. J. M. Andrews, D.L., M.P. - Show More (1)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 6604
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Current location
Town Square
The Square
Comber
Down
Down
BT23 5DU
Northern Ireland
OS Grid Ref: NW 57906 23683
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Infantryman standing at ease on a three step base
- Inscription
- (W PANEL) GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY (N, S & E PANELS) SERVED THIS MONUMENT HAS BEEN ERECTED/AND DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF/THE UNDERNOTED GALLANT OFFICERS/NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN/BELONGING TO COMBER AND DISTRICT/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING/ AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR /1914-1918
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, John
Auld, James
Beers, William
Black, Robert J
Boyd, George T
Brown, William J
Bruce, George James
Burgess, Henry
Campbell, Edward
Casey, George
See details for all 80 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 79
Served and returned: 0
Died: 79
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Base
Measurements: height 2134 mm
Materials: Granite - Memorial
Measurements: height 4877 mm
Materials: Unknown
- Figure
- Condition
- Comber War Memorial
- WMO ID: 149768
- Condition: Good [last updated on 24-04-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Costs
Memorial: £1.200
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Belfast News-Letter - Monday 16 April 1923 FOR THE HONOUR OF DOWN COMBER'S WAR RECORD. Handsom Memorial Unveiled. TRIBUTE TO THE MEN OF ULSTER. (Picture of the War Memorial and the Trophy Gun) (List of the names)
- Northern Whig - Monday 16 April 1923 COMBER'S WAR MEMORIAL. LORD LONDONDERRY'S TRIBUTE. Impressive Unveiling Ceremony.
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