Railway Street Presbyterian Church WW1 Memorial

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Reference WMO/190627

Address:

31 Railway Street

Lisburn

BT28 1XP

Northern Ireland

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Stained glass window
Materials:
  • Glass Stained Glass
Lettering: Painted
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: On Sunday 18th April 1920 a service was held for the Dedication of a Memorial Tablet to the 134 men of Railway Street congregation who went forth to fight for us; and a Memorial Window to twenty-one men who laid down their lives in the Great War, 1914 to 1919.Immediately before the service began, the Right Rev. Dr. John M. Simms, Moderator of the General Assembly unveiled the Memorial Tablet; and during the service, Mr. J. Milne Barbour unveiled the Memorial Window in memory of twenty-one men from Railway Street congregation who laid down their lives in the Great War, 1914 to 1919. A few years after the Memorial Tablet and Window was erected, a second Memorial Window was erected in remembrance of Johnston Hunter Thompson, Sergeant, 1stBattalion Irish Guards, who served in Belgium and France all through the Great War and died from the effects of war service on 9th March 1921, aged thirty seven years.
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The inscription on the memorial window reads: “BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AND I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE.” TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE FROM THIS CONGREGATION WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR

John Bell, James Braithwaite, Robert Cathcart, Thomas Cathcart, William Cunningham, Quinton Dunlop, John Hillis, Philip R Keightley, George King, James Lennox, William Lewis, Matthew Lyness, Isaac McNair, Alexander Maginiss, Douglas Morrison, Francis Neagle, Thomas H. Philpot, John Ramsey, John Ramsey, Robert S. Rogan, James Skelly and William Skelly. Those who served Captain E. S. B. Hamilton, M.C. M.B. F.R. C.S.E. “ P. C. R. Keightly “ J. L. Rentoul, M.B. “ J. B. Alexander, M.B. Lieutenant A. Ernest Boyd “ John Boyd, M.B. “ J. C. Carson, M.B. “ M. F. Keightly “ R. P. MacGregor, M.C. “ D. St. G. Morrison, B.A. “ D. R. Taylor, B.A. M.B. “ S. B. Wallace “ C. A. Whitfield, M.B. “ William Whitfield, M.B. R.N. “ William Weir. 2nd Lieutenant Robert Bowman “ David Fullerton “ Gordon Harvey “ H. G. R. Hunter “ Samuel Innes “ William Magill Cadet G. G. MacGregor “ H. S. Boyd, A.C. Signalman William Braithwaite, R.N. “ George Griffin, R.N. “ J. H. Fraser, B.S.C. S.M. Samuel Braithwaite “ J. H. Thompson “ R. H. Wilson “ James R. Boyd Sgt. V. Beattie, M.M. “ James Braithwaite “ R. Braithwaite, D.C.M. “ H. Connolly, M.M. “ J. O. Chambers “ John Cree “ William Dunlop “ John Lutton “ Matthew Lyness “ Robert McNeill, M.M. “ Fred Moore “ James Moore “ John Moore “ Alex Murdock “ William James Neagle. Corporal Robert Cousins “ David Curran “ Quintin Dunlop “ James M. Irvine “ John Lutton, jnr. “ William McNeill “ Albert Rose “ George Rose “ James Skelly “ John Skelly “ William Stuart. L. Corporal T. Cathcart, Jnr. “ Harry Egerton “ Martin Griffin “ John Johnston “ Samuel McConnell “ William Ritchie. Guardsman William Cunningham. Gunner William Archer. Private Ernest Beattie “ Robert Beattie “ Andrew Bell “ John Bell “ John Bell, jnr. “ Harry Bell “ Samuel Blakely “ W. J. Blakely “ T. Cathcart “ Robert Cathcart “ T. J. Carson, jnr. “ Jack Connolly “ Andrew Coulter “ John Dowds “ Daniel Dunlop “ William J. Freeman “ James Freeman “ James Graham “ R. J. Gillian “ Robert Guinn “ Robert Hamilton “ David Hanna “ James Henry “ John Hillis “ John Hopkins “ Henry Keery “ James King “ George King “ James Kissack “ George Lewis “ James Lewis “ William Lewis “ Francis Lennox “ Albert Lyness “ David Lyness “ Alexander Maginnis “ Samuel Martin “ Joseph McCarthy “ James McCaw “ Thomas McCormick “ Edward McConnell “ James McDowell “ T. H. McDowell “ Joseph McMordie “ John McNair “ Isaac McNair “ J. McNeice “ Alex McNeill “ William Moore “ Francis Neagle “ Thomas Neill “ T. H. Philpott “ William Pearson “ John Ramsey “ James Ramsey “ Arthur Rogan “ David Scott “ George Skelly “ James Skelly “ James Skelly “ John Skelly “ J. R. Skelly “ Walter Skelly “ William Skelly “ William Shirlow “ D. A. Spence “ James Stewart “ William Stewart “ William Stranicks

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