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    Memorial

    Belfast Cenotaph

    Cenotaph

    Source: Pauline Mawdsley

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    Current Location

    City Hall, Donegal Square West, Belfast, Belfast, Antrim, BT1 5GS, Northern Ireland

    OS Grid Reference

    NW 46240 29558

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    Type of Memorial
    Cenotaph
    WMR Reference Number
    6602
    Description
    Cenotaph within garden of remembrance, background of colonnade approached by paved walk.
    Inscription
    (North face): ERECTED BY THE CITY OF BELFAST IN MEMORY OF HER HEROIC SONS WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 PRO DEO ET PATRIA. THROUGHOUT THE LONG YEARS OF STRUGGLE WHICH HAVE NOW SO GLORIOUSLY ENDED THE MEN OF ULSTER HAVE PROVED HOW NOBLY THEY FIGHT AND DIE. GEORGE R.I. (SOUTH FACE): THEY DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO A GREAT CAUSE AND THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS BY LAND, SEA AND AIR WON UNDYING FAME.
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Maker(s)
    • SIR ALFRED BRUMWELL THOMAS, Architect

    Maintenance History
    1993 REPAVED IN BLACK PAVIORS AND SANDSTONE FLAGS.

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    11th November 1929

    VISCOUNT ALLENBY GCB GC MG

    Custodian
    CITY COUNCIL

    Components

    Cenotaph

    Height: 30 FT


    Made from: Stone - Portland


    Condition: Unknown


    Colonnade

    Height: 25 FT


    Made from: Unknown


    Condition: Unknown


    Garden

    Made from: Stone - Portland


    Condition: Unknown


    Report a Concern

    War Memorials Trust Reference Number
    141774

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    • CENTRAL BELFAST by PATTON, M 115 Source: Image Library
    • Carter Postcard Collection
    • AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN: BRITISH FIRST WORLD WAR MEMORIALS by BOORMAN, DEREK 124 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:SESSIONS 1988 YORK
    • A COMPANION GUIDE TO ARCHITECTURE IN IRELAND 1837-1921 by WILLIAMS, JEREMY 22 Source: Image Library Published:IRISH ACADEMIC PRESS LTD 1994 DUBLIN