Downpatrick

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Reference WMO/148371

Address:

Strangford Road

Downpatrick

Down

BT30 6SL

Northern Ireland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Serviceman/woman sculpture
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Downpatrick War Memorial is located at the junction of the Belfast and Strangford Roads adjoining the Downpatrick cricket field. It is 20 feet (6.75m) high, and was designed and executed by Messrs S. and T. Hastings, a local firm. Three broad steps lead to a roomy landing, on which the monument is erected. The massive pedestal and enclosing low walls are of Irish granite with a rock-faced finish. Immediately underneath the inscription panel, carved in relief, are festooned sprays of laurel, symbolising victory. On the pedestal stands the figure of a Rifleman, of heroic size, sculptured in Portland stone by Mr. T. Hastings. [The end of the rifle barrel is missing]
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In Honour of the Men of Downpatrick who gave their Lives for Others in the Great War, 1914-1918.

James Black Bernard Blayney William R.G. Breen James R. Buchanan James R. Buchanan James Carr Ernest A. Clayton James Cleland Joseph Clydesdale J. A. W. Clydesdale Guy Duff Robert J. Elphick William Fagan Robert Ferguson Thomas Fitzpatrick William R. Gill James Hanlon James Henry Michael Hinds Hugh Johnston Alexander Johnston James Skillen William M. Lanyon James Laverty Samuel A. Love John Love George Love William Love William J. Lyttle John Malone Robert L. Melville James McAlister Joseph McBride Samuel McCoubrey Francis McCoubrey Thomas McCormick Robert McDonald Robert G. McElney William J. McIlroy William McKee Francis McQuoid John McQuoid Charles McWilliam Thomas J. Moody Thomas Morgan Francis Morgan William Mortimor Craig Nelson Robert Nixon Thomas J. Nixon William J. Peake George Pell (see his photo below) Sydney V. Rea William H. Roberts Albert E. Roberts John Roberts Samuel R. Smith John Smith Patrick Smith James Thompson William Tweedy James Watterson Henry K. Weir James Whitelaw Gamble Wilson Thomas Wilson

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