Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Antrim
Town
Newtownabbey
County
Antrim
Country
Northern Ireland
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Dedicated
    Date: 9 November 1997
    Attended by: Andy and Phoebe Ireland
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
69540

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Current location

Inside the church
East Wall
Church of the Holy Evangelists
Church Road
Newtownabbey
Antrim
Antrim
BT36 6DJ
Northern Ireland

OS Grid Ref: NW 45898 37801
Denomination: Church of Ireland

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Description
1st plaque: A brass plaque with decorative outline framed on the wooden backboard. The inscription is in caps sans serif with the year of war below. Names are placed in three categories; later parishioners, official chaplain and those who gave their lives. All names are carved in black with alphabetical ordered by surname. 2nd plaque: A brass plaque framed on the wooden backboard which indicated the dedication of this war memorial, listed the name of the people and date.
Inscription
1st Plaque: TO THE GLORY OF GOD / IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE / WHO SERVED FROM / THIS PARISH IN WORLD WAR II / 1939 – 1945 / A E BAXTER P KOLB / E J BEGGS B LANCOMBE /K BELL / A LARMOUR / A BIGGER J LARMOUR / W J BIGNELL T LENNOX / E J BLAIR W J LYNN / J T BLEAKLEY G MADDEN / R B BLEAKLEY J MARTIN / B B BOTTOMLEY J H MAGEE / R BOYD J MAGEE / A C BROOKE T McCARRISTON / J BROWN L McCOMBE / K BYRNE D E McGILL / S CALDERWOOD R McKEOWN / R CAMPBELL S McKINLEY / H J St J CLARKE V McKINLEY / P CLARKE R McMILLEN / R J CLARKE D McWATTERS / J COID E NEVILLE / W COLE A PATTERSON / M CROWE N PATTERSON / T CROZIER W F PATTERSON / E J CULBERT W PORTER / H CULBERT G REILLY / T CULBERT D RENSHAW / T DAVIDSON J H RENSHAW / W DAVIDSON H RITCHIE / M E DAVIS G H ROBINSON / A T DIXON H RODGERS / J A DOBBS E V SCOTT / J DONALDSON H J SHARPE / D DOUGLAS R J SHARPE / W EVANS R SMYTH / A FENTON R S STEEL / C FENTON J STEVENSON / M FERGUSON B STEWART / A FERRIS S H STEWART / J St CLAIR FINLAY R L STEWART / W FORSYTHE R J STRONGE / W FRYER J SPEERS / C J GEDDIS C SWANN / M M W GEDDIS A THOMPSON / J GOODMAN J THOMPSON / T W GILROY M N THOMPSON / T GOUGH W A THOMPSON / A GRAHAM F W VINT / T HARLAND W WALKER / HT G HOWE R J WILSON / A IRELAND W WILSON / I IRELAND. 2nd Plaque: THIS WAR MEMORIAL WAS PRESENTED BY/ ANDY AND PHOEBE IRELAND/ REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY, 9TH NOVEMBER 1997
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 145
    Served and returned: 135
    Died: 10
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
    Order of information: surname THEN forename
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: brass
  • Backboard
    Measurements: depth 40mm, height 1050mm, width 750mm
    Materials: Wood
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • 1) 'Carved in Stone' ISBN 0-9254698-04-1 by the Belfast branch of the North of Ireland Family History Society, C/O School of Education, Queens University, 69 University Street, Belfast BT7 1HL, 1994. 2) www.irishwarmemorials.ie (Irish War Memorials) recorded by Johnny Conn, 15 February 2007.

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