Memorial

Bushmills

Bushmills War Memorial

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Current Location

Located in the middle the roundabout along Main St, Main St, Bushmills, Moyle, Antrim, BT57 8QA, Northern Ireland

NW 12314 99542

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Type of Memorial: Sculptured / Cast figure
WMR Reference Number: 6605
Description: This war memorial is composed of a bronze sculptured figure of a WW1 soldier, fixed to a two-stepped granite base and plinth. The inscriptions are contained on bronze plaques of various sizes attached to the faces of the plinth. There is a bronze wreath on the lower part of the plinth. The figure, bearing an upraised rifle and bayonet is Pte Quigg V.C. - who is commemorated on a plaque affixed to the memorial and on a separate memorial in the town.
Inscription: 6 o'clock face, top plaque: TO THE MEN/ OF THIS TOWN & DISTRICT/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/(Names...) 6 o'clock face, bottom plaque: [Regimental Insignia]/ DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF/ SGT. ROBERT QUIGG 12TH BATTALION R.I.R./ WHO WON THE V.C. AT THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME/ ON THE 1ST JULY 1916/ DIED 14TH MAY 1955 3 o'clock face, top plaque: (Names...) 3 o'clock face, bottom plaque: KILLED IN THE 1939-1945 WAR/ (Names...) 9 and 12 o'clock faces, plaques: (Names...)

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 95
Died: 95
Information shown: Forename, surname, town, regiment
Order of names: Alphabetical by surname
Additional Information: NB The presentation of information on the plaques has some variation

Number Commemorated: 1
Served: 1
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, regiment, decoration, date of decoration action, date of death

Maker(s): Charles Leonard Hartwell ARA, Sculptor
Messrs Christie of the Coleraine firm, Builder