PORTSTEWART, Co. Londonderry.

An impressive ceremony was witnessed by a large assemblage of people at Portstewart [on Tuesday 11^th November, 1924], when Lady Craig, wife of the Northern Premier, unveiled a handsome memorial, erected by public subscription, in remembrance of thirty men from the town who fell in the great war.

Designed by Mr Rosalyn, RA, of London, the memorial, which cost almost £800, occupies a commanding position on the promenade, which runs along the town’s principal thoroughfare, next the sea front. It consists of a life-size figure in bronze of a soldier in full war kit “on guard,” standing on an artistic limestone pedestal and platform of three steps, the whole being eighteen feet high. There are four polished granite panels on the pedestal, the front one of which bears an appropriate inscription, while on the others the names of the fallen are inscribed.

Beautiful weather favoured the ceremony, and the huge assemblage included many people from neighbouring towns.

Mr R A C Montagu, D.L., (Chairman of the War Memorial Committee), presided, and accompanying him on the platform, adjacent to the memorial, was a representative company of ladies and gentlemen, including Lady Craig, Colonel N T Lyle, DSO, and Mrs Lyle, Captain C R Stronge, DL, and Mrs Stronge, the Very Rev. R G S King, MA, Dean of Derry, Rev. David Aiken, DD, Rev. L V Uprichard, MA, Rev. J Wishart, Rev. H S Verschoyle, Mr S R Henry (chairman of Portstewart Urban Council); Mr H O’H O’Neill, JP, Co. C, Mr D H Christie, Co. C (chairman of Coleraine Urban Council), and Mrs Christie, Mr Robert O’Neill, (Coleraine), Mr A G Crawford, JP, &c.

A choir, under the leadership of Mr H. A. G. Black, with Mrs Henderson at the organ, led the praise, and in front of the platform there were drawn up the Portstewart “B” Special Constabulary, the ex-Service men of Portstewart and Portrush and the Portstewart Girl Guides.

Relatives of the fallen men were accommodated with seats next to the platform.

The proceedings opened with the hymn “God of our fathers.”

Rev. L. V. Uprichard, MA, read a portion of the 46^th Psalm, and Rev. Dr Aiken followed with prayer.

Lady Craig, on rising to unveil the memorial, said their hearts went out in sympathy to the relatives of those gallant men whose names were inscribed on that memorial. They all knew the sorrow that was ever present with them, but they also knew the pride that they all must have that their loved ones responded so nobly to the call of King and country. The memorial was a tribute of love and respect by their fellow townsmen.

Lady Craig then unveiled the memorial, which was inscribed