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BANBRIDGE, Co DOWN

Banbridge War Memorial is located at the southern end of Newry Street.

It is the work of Mr. F. W. Pomeroy, R.A., the distinguished London sculptor, and has been erected at a cost of over £2,500. It is a striking work of art. Broad-based, it rests upon a tier of four spacious steps of significant symbolism-endurance, faith, hope and love.

On the front panel is engraved in bold lettering the words-

“In Memory of the Men of Banbridge and district who laid down their lives serving their King and Country in the Great War 1914 – 1918.”

And on the other three sides appear the names of the 249 men who fell.

A diminishing shaft rises from the mounded top of the die: this is flanked on each of the four sides of the base there are friezes in bronze depicting war scenes. On the front panel the standard bearer with colours raised high occupies the central position, whilst grouped around are the gallant defenders awaiting a further onslaught. Fearless, staunch determination, and dauntless cougar are strongly portrayed in look and attitude. The other sides of the frieze depict attack and repulse of the enemy. Some stand rigid against the guns, grim sentinels robed in the majesty of death, while German horde, horse and rider, gives ghastly evidence of the conflict.

At the top of the monument is the heroic figure of a British soldier. With right hand raised aloft, grasping the steel helmet, confidently beckoning to his comrades.

The Roll of Honour, which has been erected in the Free Library, recording the names of the men who fought and survived, was subsequently unveiled by Mrs. N. D. Ferguson, and dedicated by Bishop Grierson. It is a massive mural tablet in the Grecian Order, designed by Miss S. E. Emerson and carried out in Teakwood by Messrs. T. Proctor & Son. The inscription panels, which consist of copper plates on which upwards of 1,000 names appear.

BANBRIDGE WAR MEMORIAL.

We were proud to see that, on Saturday last almost all the inhabitants of Banbridge and a multitude from a wide circle round did justice to themselves and honour to our own heroic dead of the Great War by being present at the unveiling of the beautiful memorial, which had been erected to keep in remembrance the names of those who gave all that we and the generations to come might live in freedom. The unveiling was with solemn pomp.

Almost five years have passed since the “Cease Fire” sounded, and the tumult, death and all the dreadful panoply of war, which had wrought such havoc, and bought sorrow to so many homes, was ended. After the pain and agony of the struggle a great peace seemed to fall upon all the land. In every home was a breath, a prayer of thanksgiving. The roll of the war drum was heard no longer; the weary soldiers laid aside their trappings, and

“From each soul the whisper came-

God of Battles, Thou hast triumphed,

Hallow be thy Holy Name.”

There were few homes into which poignant sorrow did not enter during the four years of war, and although time with its smoothing hand may help to alleviate the heart-stabs, it can never efface the memories of other and happier days when the young men we knew so well were with us, but who now, alas! are with us no more. Heroes all, they sprang to arms when the cry for men rang out : their hearts never failed them : bravely they withstood, all the horrors of the battle field, and even in the worst days could always smile.

In the long and sad list of dead Banbridge and district occupies a prominent place. Few Ulster towns have a finer war record. The great majority of our men joined the 36th Ulster Division, one of the first units which the war called into being. In peaceful times the very thought of war was far from their minds, but when the country they loved so well was endangered they nobly rose to the occasion and brought fair honours to the town that gave them birth. Many fell in the struggle, and scarcely a day passed but it brought the sad tidings of a Banbridge man Gone West. They fell with their faces to the foe, defending the homeland and setting an example of splendid self-sacrifice and devotion. As we think of them our sorrow must be tinged with gentle pride, for did they not manifest the same spirit as the men who made Britain great. They have passed to where beyond these voices there is peace, leaving with us a great tradition, and one which we must keep clean and unsullied.

“Trumpeter

Sound the last, the last of the war;

Sound for the heights our comrades trod,

Whose faith was faith, and love was love,

With a hell beneath and a heaven above,

Trumpeter! rally us, rally us, rally us, on to the City of God.”

It was fitting that with the coming of peace steps should be taken to perpetuate the memory of the men from this town and district who played such a conspicuous part in the great struggle. Shortly after the cessation of hostilities the question of a war memorial was mooted and the object at once commended itself to all our people. A committee to carry out the arrangements was formed, and it was evident from the ready response to the appeal for subscriptions that Banbridge would raise a memorial which would be a noble tribute to her soldiers, and an inspiration to coming generations. The audacious work undertaken by the Committee, of which Mr. J. G. Coburn is Chairman ; Mr. J. Walsh, Hon., Treasurer, and Mr. J. S. Dunwoody, Hon., Secretary, is well known, and they are to be congratulated on the result, which has given Banbridge a stately statue which will speak through the centuries of the deeds and self-sacrifice of her soldiers.   Few will gage upon it without feelings of pride in the thought of what Banbridge did in the war, commingled with tender sympathy for those who have lost their loved ones.

The Monument, which stands in a prominent site at the head of Newry Street, is the work of Mr. F. W. Pomeroy, R.A., the distinguished London sculptor, and has been erected at a cost of over £2,500. It is a striking work of art. Broad based, it rests upon a tier of four spacious steps of significant symbolism-endurance, faith, hope and love. Massive in character, its admirably adjusted proportions nullify any appearance of heaviness and the harmonious blending of the various parts evince careful study and matured judgement resulting in an

It was fitting that with the coming of peace steps should be taken to perpetuate the memory of the men from this town and district who played such a conspicuous part in the great struggle. Shortly after the cessation of hostilities the question of a war memorial was mooted and the object at once commended itself to all our people. A committee to carry out the arrangements was formed, and it was evident from the ready response to the appeal for subscriptions that Banbridge would raise a memorial which would be a noble tribute to her soldiers, and an inspiration to coming generations. The audacious work undertaken by the Committee, of which Mr. J. G. Coburn is Chairman ; Mr. J. Walsh, Hon., Treasurer, and Mr. J. S. Dunwoody, Hon., Secretary, is well known, and they are to be congratulated on the result, which has given Banbridge a stately statue which will speak through the centuries of the deeds and self-sacrifice of her soldiers.   Few will gage upon it without feelings of pride in the thought of what Banbridge did in the war, commingled with tender sympathy for those who have lost their loved ones.

The Monument, which stands in a prominent site at the head of Newry Street, is the work of Mr. F. W. Pomeroy, R.A., the distinguished London sculptor, and has been erected at a cost of over £2,500. It is a striking work of art. Broad based, it rests upon a tier of four spacious steps of significant symbolism-endurance, faith, hope and love. Massive in character, its admirably adjusted proportions nullify any appearance of heaviness and the harmonious blending of the various parts evince careful study and matured judgement resulting in an

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………………a four square base with check and chamfering gives main support to the die on which the inscription is deeply incised and toned in subdued colouring. On the front panel is engraved in bold lettering the words-“In Memory of the Men of Banbridge and district who laid down their lives serving their King and Country in the Great War 1914 – 1918.” And on the other three sides appear the names of the 250 men who fell. A diminishing shaft rises from the mounded top of the die: this is flanked on each of the sides with a frieze in bronze depicting war scenes. On the front panel the standard bearer with colours raised high occupies the central position, whilst grouped around are the gallant defenders awaiting a further onslaught. Fearless, staunch determination, and dauntless cougar are strongly portrayed in look and attitude. The other sides of the frieze depict attack and repulse of the enemy. Some stand rigid against the guns, grim sentinels robed in the majesty of death, while German horde, horse and rider, gives ghastly evidence of the conflict. Louder than words speaks the silent bronze, no story told, no description written, could so vividly portray the sombre picture of Britain’s dark Gethsemane. The modelling and grouping of the figures furnish a most gruesome conception of the horrors of war, of the titanic conflict between right and might, and the chivalry of our heroes in the great world strife. A richly moulded capital crowns the shaft, which is surmounted by the heroic figure of a British soldier. With right hand raised aloft, grasping the steel helmet, confidently beckoning to his comrades, one almost hears the clear resonant call from the parted lips-“Come on the Bann !” the firm grip of the left hand strikes the strong note of determination. Virility, courage and action are the dominant features. The conception is a grand one and shows in each detail the master hand; what more appropriate title-The call to victory so nobly responded to by the men of the Bann.

On Saturday 30th June 1923 the memorial was unveiled by Colonel the Rt. Hon. R. D. Perceval Maxwell, D.L., D.S.O., and dedicated by Colonel the Rev. D. H. Hanson, M.A. The ceremony was of a solemn and impressive nature.

Prior to the service over 250 ex-serviceman were paraded in the market enclosure under the command of Captain A. L. Haire, M.C., First Lincolnshire. They were drawn up in close column of companies, the company officers being T. D. Ferguson, M.C. ; Captain J. E. Finley, M.D., M.C., and Lieutenant Kelso. M.M. They were inspected by Colonel Maxwell, who was highly pleased with their appearance and smartness.

After the parade the men marched in columns of fours to the memorial, where they took up a position forming three sides of a square, whilst immediately in front stood four buglers of the Royal Irish Fusiliers, drawn from the Depot at Armagh, under Lance-Corporal Wright.  A space behind the buglers was occupied by two ex-servicemen carrying a massive laurel wreath, their comrades’ tribute to the dead. On the east side of the monument a massed choir, representative of the Protestant churches in the town, was assembled, and the space behind was occupied by the Banbridge Amateur Brass band. Around the enclosure, and stretching far into Newry Street was assembled the largest attendance of the general public that ever participated at any function in the town or neighbourhood. Everyone seemed to realise the solemnity of the occasion and all joined in the grand tribute to the dead with due respect and reverence. There were few, if any, who were not deeply moved by the touching and impressive service.

The various hymns, which were most appropriate, were sung by the choir in a tuneful and exquisite manner, accompanied by the Band, with Mr. E. S. Mills, L.Mus., as conductor.

The proceedings were carried through without a hitch, or anything to mar the effect of the ceremony.

Apologies regretting their inability to attend were announced from Messrs. T. W. McMullan, M.P.; D. A. Lavery, M.P.; C. H. McCall, J.P., and F. W. Pomeroy, R.A.

On the motion of Mr. J. G. Coburn, Chairman of the Committee, the chair was taken by the Rt., Hon., John M. Andrews, D,.L., M.P.

The Chairman said-During many generations the peoples of Banbridge and Comber have been linked together by bonds of friendship, mutual confidence, similarly of aims and a deep-rooted loyalty to King and country, and these old ties have been strengthened and made more enduring in recent years by the fact that the soldiers of both towns fought side by side and suffered together in the trenches of France. (Applause) You have paid me a great compliment to-day in asking me to preside over this impressive gathering; but it is not on personal considerations that I desire to dwell on an occasion such as this. Our hearts are very full and all out thoughts are directed to paying a well earned tribute to the memory of the 249 gallant men belonging to this town and district, who gave their lives in the pride of their youth, in the Great War, for the honour of the Bann, and in order that our Empire-and, in fact, the world-might remain free. Their splendid achievements, their dauntless courage, their patient endurance, their glorious self-sacrifices, must remain undying memories. We of this generation need no majestic monuments of stone and bronze to remind us of them. The names of many of them are engraved deeply upon our hearts, and we can never forget their devotion to duty and their magnificent heroism. This monument, however, which will shortly be unveiled by a friend, Colonel Maxwell- himself a very gallant soldier with a record of which any man may well be proud-has been erected to preserve through the centuries which are to come the names of those who made the supreme sacrifice so that their children’s children many also think of them as we do with pride co-mingled with a deep desire to be worthy of them.

Today our hearts beat with tenderest sympathy for the father and mothers, sisters and brothers, the widowed wives and little children who are silently and patiently bearing a lasting sorrow and irreparable loss too great for words to describe. We also remember with feelings of gratitude and pride our ex-serviceman, and we pray that a return of industrial prosperity may enable them soon to be absorbed back into industry, and that thereby a blot may be removed from our country’s record which must be deeply regretted by every right thinking man. Somehow I feel that if those who have gone – and who, I cannot think, are far off today-could speak to us they would say;- look after our comrades in arms  of all classes  and creeds who, under the providence of God have returned  to your midst and see, as a nation and each of you  as individuals so far a s you can, that as they have made good in the war so they shall be given a fair change to make good in peace within the homeland for which they nobly fought and in whose name they won a great and glorious victory.” (Applause)

The Psalm, “O God our help in ages past,” to the tune “Irish,” was tastefully rendered by the choir, and the Chairman called on Colonel Maxwell to unveil the memorial.

The gallant Colonel then proceeded to the steps, and removing the Union Jack revealed the splendid statue, which for all time will speak of the gallantry and heroic self-sacrifice of the men who gave their lives in the cause of freedom.

A solemn silence prevailed as the band in impressive strains played the “Dead March.”

Colonel Maxwell, in his address, thanked the Committee most sincerely for the great honour and privilege they had conferred upon him by asking him to unveil that magnificent memorial and for giving him the opportunity to express his heartfelt admiration of the splendid men who went from Banbridge and district to serve their King and country in the last war. He knew very well that it was because he was a comrade of many of these men who served in the First County Down Volunteers, afterwards called the 13th Royal Irish Rifles, that they had conferred that great honour upon him. Nothing that he could say would add to the admiration and affection which they felt towards those gallant sons of County Down who gave their lives in a cause which to many of them must have seemed remote, and to those of them who still lived, now looking back upon the world as it is, with its present unsettled and distressful conditions must sometimes almost seem in vain. That was a very natural, but he believed a very superficial view to take. He believed that it was the action of those men, whose memory they commemorated that day, that had left and preserved for the British Empire its independence. Whatever the future might hold for the Empire was, under Providence, in its own hands, and not made in Germany or in any other foreign country. They were faced with grave problems and great difficulties, but if the spirit which animated the men they honoured that day was carried on by those who remained they would conquer in peace as well as in war. (Applause) During the war the word “co-operation” was very often in their mind and on their lips. Every infantry soldier knew the value of co-operation between his unit and the units on his flanks, and still more perhaps the value of co-operation between the artillery and the front line. Sometimes even that co-operation broke down, but on the hole it was good enough to win the war. (Hear, hear) In  Banbridge they had erected a splendid memorial to those who died unselfishly themselves in order to bring the blessings of peace and prosperity to those they left behind. It was in their power to give effect to their sacrifice by unselfish co-operation between all classes an the British Empire and that if the people of the Empire would carry it out would be the grandest memorial they could erect to those men who had given their lives. In tendering his respectful and deep sympathy to those friends and relatives who have lost in the war, he would like to say one thing. Many of those men were his friends. He knew them all. He saw them from day to day in all the varying vicissitudes of war, but he never remembered seeing one who was not cheerful. (Applause) He would like them to take that thought. Those men met every day as it came, gallantly and cheerfully up to the last moment. It had been a great pleasure to him, he continued, to inspect the ex-servicemen, to see such a fine and splendid body of men, and so many of them who were his comrades. He hoped they would often meet again, but wherever they might be his best wishes for their success in life would always be with them. (Applause)

Colonel, the Rev. D. H. Hanson, M.A., in his dedicatory prayer, said “Almighty God, in the name of this community, we desire solemnly to dedicate this memory to the undying memory of the men whose names are engraved upon it. Here may it stand when we are gone and our places know us no more for ever to commemorate the fidelity and valour of men who at a great crisis in their country’s history voluntarily came forward to ensure it’s safety and to maintain it’s honour. With grateful and with proud hearts we surround this cenotaph today and as we do so, we think with grateful hearts of the men who to save others themselves they did not save. And in the days to come when the children are questioning “What mean ye by this monument?” may it be said to them, “this is the monument of men who died that their country might be kept inviolate ; that the lives and homes of those that are left might be kept in safety. We pray that the children may be told that if ever the call of duty in the days to come comes to them that they may be worthy to follow in the footsteps of the men- the gallant men- who have gone before them. We pray that they may have reason always to be proud of their heritage and we thank Thee as we stand here today, oh God, for the men who fought and who through Divine mercy were spared to come home again. May their service never be forgotten. We pray too, Lord. For those to whom this day and this service must bring sad memories, and which will reopen wounds that are hardly healed. May the comfort of God be there’s, and although the passage of time may soften the pain of their hearts may it never, never, lesson the pride which they have in those they loved and lost awhile ; lost till the day breaks and the shadows flee away. Grant oh Almighty God, that the lives of this whole community may be stronger and brighter and purer because of the sacrifice, its sons made for King and country. We ask this in the name of and for the sake of Him, who has taught us to pray- Our father, which art in Heaven.”

Amid an impressive silence, the names of the dead inscribed the monument were read by Mr. Samuel Fryar, Chairman of the Urban Council, after which the buglers sounded the ”Last Post” and as the last touching notes rang out- “Come home, come home, come along home” –there was scarcely a member of the vast assembly who was not visibly affected.

The Lord Bishop of Down (the Right Rev. C. T. P. Grierson, D.D.), said –Mr chairman, ladies and gentlemen, may I not say it in a more homely way, Mr. Chairman and dear friends and fellow-townsmen. Truly I feel that in my life I have become part of yourselves. I feel that although not a native of dear Banbridge yet I can speak to you as fellow-townsmen. I feel that a great honour and privilege has been conferred upon me in that I was asked to say a few words on this very solemn occasion. No one could have been present today without being deeply moved. I know that there are very many amongst you when the names were being read out brought back to your hearts the presence of one whom you loved-who was one of yourselves. As I heard those names read I heard the name of some splendid boy, or some splendid young man, or some fully grown man, whom I knew with the intimacy of my own congregation. I knew them from all congregations, thank God, because from no one church or from no one section of society did those names come. They came from good men of heart belonging to all churches and to the entire community in all its grades, and there their names are memorialised for all time in that splendid monument that has been erected. I am with you in your grief to-day; I feel with you ; you must feel it much more, but I am with you also in your pride, may I say, your exaltation and thought of the magnificent self-confidence, courage and heroism of those men ; and all those who are with us to-day, thank God, spared from all the horrors of the battlefield. 

Proceeding, the Lord Bishop referred to the splendour of the men of Banbridge and district, and went on to say that in the monument they, the people, had got a splendid work of art and a splendid memorial. Their artist, Mr. Pomeroy, had, he believed, surpassed himself if he could. He had seen many splendid ones. He could not say that the monument was better than others, because it would not be that way to put it, but he could not believe he had ever seen a more noble one. In it they had a memorial that would speak to them for all time with a ……… which he was sure would help the whole community to rise to the greatest of its calling. Above the names were those splendid relief’s; a sad sight they were-a picture of the very horrors of war. In those relief’s they saw in a measure what their dear ones came through ; what the ex-soldiers present experienced themselves. Portrayed with splendid art they grouped the brotherhood of war, a brotherhood of courage, and a brotherhood willing to lay down its life for King and country. While they looked there they realised something of what their dear ones endured. But they would not let their gaze rest there ; rather they would lift it to the splendid figure, which in the souvenir pamphlet was described as saying, “Come on the Bann.” It was splendid. For all time that figure would seem to say-“Come on men, do your duty ;  come men and women of Banbridge, do your duty; stand for that which you believe to be right before God and men and fear nobody ; stand for duty.”  It would further seem to say-“we did that, you do it after us; we suffered, yet that doesn’t matter ; we did our duty ; come on after us ;aye we did more ; we died some of us ; well, it is all right ; it is all right to die for duty, come on, come on and follow us.” It would stand there for all time a magnificent pleading figure. It would remind them to-day and teach the coming generations to be equal to them ; to walk in the footsteps of the nobler men who fought on the Somme on that day of the unveiling. There, as he had said, it would stand, calling to them to remember the men, to remember the deeds of heroism and by the help of God to walk in their footsteps. (Applause)

 

A hymn of Peace Thanksgiving- “We thank Thee, out Lord, for this long fought-for, hoped –for, prayed-for peace,” was then sung, after which was sounded the “Reveille” proclaiming the birth of a new joyous day.

 

The gathering was next addressed by the Rt. Rev. Geo. Thompson, D.D., (Moderator of the General Assembly). The four years, he said, from 1914 were a memorable and moving time and the present would not be so free and fruitful did there

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What was achieved in those momentous years he was sure that the instant and universal reply would be that God wrought for us a great deliverance through the valiant efforts of our gallant men. It were shallow and unintelligent to be oblivious of that, and Banbridge and district were showing in that noble cenotaph that they were neither. From ancient times man had expressed in artistic or utilitarian form, or in both, something of what they gratefully felt for the great sacrifices that had been made then, and they were their heirs to-day in thus honouring the past, and in so using the past as to give inspiration for the future. No such memorial, perhaps, was necessary just now, but in the flux of time it was well that those who would pass by should have their thoughts turned to the suffering undergone, and to the sacrifices made not only by the sons and daughters who went forth to serve from this great district, but by those near and dear to them who stayed at home. They sprang to attention when Lord Kitchiner’s bugle call rang through the land. No need had they of bribe or force to help them form that living rampart that withstood German autocracy in it’s mad ambition to achieve world supremacy by force of arms. That had been acknowledged on all hands, and his Majesty the King had said – “Throughout the long years of struggle, which is now so gloriously ended, the men of Ulster have proved how nobly they fight and die.” Banbridge had proved that it was a noble part of Ulster. They expected that everyone of their sons that went at the call of King and country would, whether ashore or afloat, do his duty, and the proceedings that day showed that their expectations had been fulfilled. They thought with tender hearts of the maimed and of the scarred, and “be it ours,” he added, “to fully prove that we are not unmindful of the debt we owe and can never repay.” Be it their’s to treat those who had come back so as to convince them that their gratitude was expressing itself not merely in words but it deeds. He had read that in a crisis in orman history no one could move the people to a sense of duty. Orator followed orator but all in vain. Then a veteran came forward and held up the stump of an arm lost in battle. He did not speak a word; he just stood still, but the common heart was stirred and the cause was won.

Their act that day, proceeded Dr. Thompson, gave all listeners-in to know that Banbridge had erected a broadcasting station and meant all to learn that the sacrifices of it’s heroes, maimed and scarred as they had been, must be remembered. But did it not also declare that they would do anything and everything to ensure that no more of those hideous chapters in history would have to be written. That they would war against war, that they would war against disease and that they would war against all that sought to prevent human brotherhood being better realised. Some would say, he knew, that they must change human nature before that day dawned; but the late Mr Benjamin Kidd had pointed out with unerring precision that the rules and teachers of Germany had changed the nature of their countrymen after thirty years of false training. May it be given to our United Kingdom to train its citizens to a higher patriotism and to a better internationalism and thus lead that way to a nobler world. In that they would have the hearty support of the mothers who gave their best during 1914 and 1918, and of the other noble women also who toiled without a murmur at home so

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praying for them; minds were thinking bout them ad that hands were every busy for their welfare. If there was need for one other word that would never be spoken by that splendid cenotaph, but would ever be spoken away down deep in all their hearts – that word would tell them their duty for the days to come. “Let me conclude, said the rev. speaker, with the immortal words of Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg” – “The world will little know nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did. It is rather for us to be dedicated to the great task remaining before us; that from these honoured dead we take increased devotion, and that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain.” (Applause)

Mrs. N. D. Ferguson, on behalf of the Committee, handed over the memorial to the custody of the urban Council.

Addressing the Chairman of the Council (Mr. Fryar), Mrs. Ferguson said – The Committee have honoured me in asking me to hand over this beautiful memorial of their heroic and honoured dead to be a sacred charge to you and your successors in future generations. May it be a beacon to us all and future generations and all those who pass by to guide them with the splendid spirit that inspired these men who made the supreme sacrifice for us; see to it that it was not a sacrifice made in vain. May the bereaved have a noble pride in their sorrow this day, and may it comfort and help them. (Applause)

Mr. S. Fryar said – On behalf of the Urban Council and people of the town I gratefully accept this most beautiful War Memorial which must ever keep fragrant the memories of our sons and brothers who gave their lives that we and all that we hold dear should be saved seathless from the tender mercies of the cruel Hun. I, therefore, readily undertake that we and our children’s children will ever regard it with due reverence and honour and that we will at all times maintain and keep it in proper condition and repair. (Applause)

Kipling’s recessional hymn – “God of our fathers, known of old” having been given a harmonious rendering, the National Anthem was sung, and the ceremony of laying on of wreaths was proceeded with.

The first wreaths were laid by Colonel Maxwell on behalf of the ex – servicemen, and by the Chairman (Mr. Fryar) on behalf of the Urban Council, after which the relatives and friends of the dead followed, and soon the base of the monument was a mass of exquisite blooms, each token breathing a message of fond remembrance.

Wreaths were also placed on behalf of Mrs. Perceval – Maxwell and the different public works in the town.

The Roll of Honour, which has been erected in the Free Library, recording the names of the men who fought and survived, was subsequently unveiled by Mrs. N. D. Ferguson, and dedicated by Bishop Grierson. It is a massive mural tablet in the Grecian Order, designed by Miss S. E. Emerson and carried out in Teakwood by Messrs. T. Proctor & Son. A massive plinthing supported carved consols carries the inscription panels, which consist of copper plates on which upwards of 1,000 names appear in cream enamel; these are flanked by fluted pilasters with richly moulded bases and carved Corinthian capitals which give main support to the ……..

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Sculptor F. W. Pomeroy

Portland stone obelisk surmounted by a bronze soldier cheering and raising his helmet.

Four vigorous insert bronze relief of “Le Calean (i) August 26th 1914

(ii) In the Trenches, (iii) The Great Attack 1916, and (iv) Defending the Flag.

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