Ballycastle

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Reference WMO/147218

Address:

Quay Road (A2)

Ballycastle

BT54

Northern Ireland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Obelisk
Materials:
  • Stone Marble
Lettering: Painted
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Ballycastle, County Antrim Ballycastle War Memorial is located at the lower end of Quay Road in a square opposite the Manor House and adjacent to the sea front, within sound of the waters of the River Moyle. The memorial which takes the form of an obelisk of first quality Cecilian marble, with a spire seven feet (2.1m) high on which is worked a wreath, was unveiled by Mrs. Greer, widow of the late Senator T. M. Greer, D.L., Ballycastle. The memorial was designed and constructed Mr.B.H. O’Connor, an ex-serviceman and vice-chairman of Ballycastle Urban Council Following the unveiling Mr O’Connor presented silver scissors to Mrs. Greer, who said that this stone of remembrance was set up as a permanent memorial to the valiant men, who at the call of King and Country went out on the outbreak of war to fight for them. They went out and endured untold hardships all day and night and through those desperate years. Some of them came back, but many also passed out of the sight of men, dying on the field of honour. On this stone they celebrated the name and fame of all those men from Ballycastle who answered the call of their country. On the cap is the inscription; On the 29th March 2015, the memorial was rededicated after spending over £30,000 on restoring the memorial, adding additional names and researching the memorial. The restored memorial was unveiled by the local RBL in the presence of the Mayor of Moyle District Council. The memorial now includes all those that served as well as died in both World Wars
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TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE BRAVE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR FREEDOM AND JUSTICE

Royal Irish Rifles Lance-Corporal H. Blackmore, M.M. Private George Cochrane Private John Douthart Private John Gallagher Private George M’Cafferty Private Patrick M’Laughlin Private John M’Lean (see note below) Private Daniel M’Intosh Private John McLean Private James Norton Private James Parkhill Private John Simpson Private William Blackmore Private Alexander Dixon Private Thomas Gallagher Private Patrick Laverty Private Hugh M’Kendry Private William M’Mullan Private James M’Lean Private John M’Gowan Lance-Corporal Frank M’Larty, Croix De Guerre, M.M. Lieutenant Paul O’Kane Private Hugh Simpson Lance-Corporal Hugh Spence. Connaught Rangers Private R. Kilpatrick Irish Guards Lieutenant K. M. C. Greer Sergeant George Collins Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Private Joseph Forsythe Private Joseph Gillen Lieutenant John Gage Private James Jennings Private Daniel Mooney Royal Irish Fusilier Lance-Corporal Hugh M’Auley Private John Kiernan Private Patrick M’Michael Private James M’Gahey, Private William Ross Leinster Regiment Private Robert Murphy Royal Scots Regiment Private Neal M’Bride Royal Field Artillery Private W. J. Dunlop Private W. J. Dunlop Major Wm. M’Gildowney, D.S.O. Black Watch Private Harry Dillon Highland Light Infantry Private J. Carruthers Royal Navy Stoker T. Collins Australian Forces Private David Rennie Canadian Army Private Harold Black Lance-Corporal George M’Cormick United States Army Private P. Campbell Private R. Mitchell, Private Nathaniel M’Lean. (see note below) New Zealand Rifles Private James Laverty Mercantile Marine John Haughey The following names were added on the 29 March 2015 as being killed in WW1 Gdsm P MCasey Sgt C Chapman 2nd Lt J Donnelly Pte R Dunbarr Pte J Dunlop Ord Sea WME Gubbey PO D Jameson Able Sea C Kane Pte WM Kirkpatrick PO GJ Jarrett Rfn J Laverty Pte J Logan Ord Sea C Mitchell Cpl T McAlise Cpl McAuley Pte A McCarry Pte J McGarry Pte H McGee WW2 Names added on the 29th March 2015 Major RM Anketell RA, Able Seaman JP Cairns RN, 2nd Lt ARC Campbell RE, Gunner J Colgan RA, Petty Officer P Duffin RN, Pte AER Freeland ACC, Lt AROL Gage RNVR, Chief Eng TV Humphreys MN Able Sea SP McCurdy RNPS, Civilian J McGroarty (LADY) Pte C McKellar Lancs Regt, Lead Sea JP McKessick RN Gdsm LW McNabb IG, LCpl Millikin NIH, Sea 1st Class D Mooney RN, Sgt J Murphy RAF, SG VC Price RN, Pte J Reynolds RMP, Sgt A/G R Richardson RAF, LCpl R Stewart RUR, Pte P Traynor Pioneer C, JAS Whiteman MN,

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