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Title
War Memorial
Date
1920
Medium
bronze & granite
Measurements
H 503 x W 132 x D 147 cm
Accession number
BT56_FP_S029
Work type
War memorial
Work status
extant
Listing status
B1 (Northern Ireland)
Unveiling date
11th November 1922
Listing date
09/02/94
Access
at all times
Inscription description
inscribed on a metal plaque on the front face of the pedestal: TO THE / BRAVE MEN / OF THIS DISTRICT / WHO RESPONDED TO / DUTY'S CALL / AND HELPED TO WIN / THE / VICTORY / IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914-1918; and in raised lettering on a metal plaque on the base: THE NAMES INSCRIBED HEREON ARE OF THOSE FROM THIS TOWN / AND DISTRICT WHO AT THE CALL OF KING AND COUNTRY / LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO THEM, ENDURED HARDSHIP, / FACED DANGER AND FINALLY PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT OF / MEN BY THE PATH OF DUTY AND SELF SACRIFICE GIVING UP / THEIR OWN LIVES THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM.; on a narrow plaque at the top of the right side of the pedestal: "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE."; and on the left side: "DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY."; and on the back side: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS."
