Memorial

Men Of Portrush District

PORTRUSH 1 2017

Source: Copyright Ann Hacke

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Current Location

On Town Hall Green, Town Hall, Kerr Street And Mark Street, Portrush, Ballymoney, Antrim, BT56 8DJ, Northern Ireland

OS Grid Reference

NW 04083 99904

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Allegory (eg: Victory)
WMR Reference Number: 21
Description: Figure of Victory with sword in one hand and a palm branch in the other. Figure is mounted on a pedestal which surmounts a three stepped base. On the front face of the pedestal are two bronze plaques. The upper plaque has the dedicatory inscription with a relief image depicting a seascape with battleships in the foreground at the top of the plaque. Above this plaque is a bronze wreath. Bronze plaques with names of the war dead of 1914-1918 and 1939-1945 are affixed to the faces of the plinth. The memorial is surrounded by metal railings. A small plaque commemorating a US parachute regiment, which was based in Portrush, is affixed to the railings.
Inscription: Front face: 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/ 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 THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE IN FREEDOM/ DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP BY VICTORY/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE 12 o'clock faces: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS" (Names...)/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names...) 3 o'clock face: "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"/ (Names...)/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names...) 6 o'clock face: "DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY"/ (Names...)/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names...) Additional Plaque: [Regimental insignia]/ DEDICATED TO THE MEN OF THE/ 507TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT/ 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION/ UNITED STATES ARMY/ STATIONED IN PORTRUSH/ 17TH DECEMBER 1943 - 11TH MARCH 1944/ WWII COMBAT CAMPAIGNS/ NORMANDY/ BELGIUM/ GERMANY

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 78
Died: 78
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of names: Alphabetical by surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 30
Died: 30
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of names: Alphabetical by surname

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Men Of Portrush District

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Men Of Portrush District

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Memorial Details

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