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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Lectern or desk
- District
- Newry And Mourne
- Town
- Poyntzpass
- County
- Armagh
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 84747
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Current location
Acton Parish Church
Church Street
Poyntzpass
Newry And Mourne
Armagh
BT35 6SW
Northern Ireland
OS Grid Ref: SB 15378 97267
Denomination: Church of Ireland
- Description
- Newspaper report -Lectern presented before 1894 by the Bennet family and remodelled to commemorate Lieut. Trevor Moutray Bennet M.C. Also a pulpit and prayer desk (our reference 84746)
- Inscription
- To the glory of God, and in loving memory of Lieut. Trevor Moutray Bennet, M.C., 10th Batt. R.I.R., attached R.F.C. Fell 10th November 1916 From newspaper report
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bennet, Trevor Moutray
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, forenames, surname, decoration, regiment, date of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Lectern
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Lectern
- Condition
- Costs
Comments: Presented by the Bennet family before 1894, remodelled at the expense of Mr James Bennet, retired bank manage, Belfast, in memory of his son.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Northern Whig - Thursday 13 November 1924 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001542/19241113/195/0008 POYNTZPASS CHURCH DEDICATION OF MEMORIAL GIFTS Lord Primate Present
- Poyntzpas and District Local History Society www.poyntzpass.co.uk/Before_I_Forget/2000_No_8/Acton_Parish_Church_Poyntzpass.pdf Acton Parish Church, Poyntzpass By Barbara Best - Other additions and improvements include: - the Chancel tiling, which was presented by the Misses Alexander of Acton House in memory of their brother, Lieutenant Colonel W.F. Alexander, in 1917. - The carved oak pulpit and prayer desk in 1923, a memorial to those who fell in the 1914 - 1918 war
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