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Castlewellan, County Down. Castlewellan War Memorial is located beside the A25 in the centre of the village. The Plaque fixed to the south wall of the Old Courthouse beside a car park. It has been impossible to determine a precise date when it was dedicated/unveiled. In 1919, at a public meeting in the Courthouse, steps were taken to perpetuate in some tangible form the memory of the local men of His Majesty’s forces who fell in the war. The following year arrangements were made for the lettering of the granite slab, which was to be placed on the wall of the Courthouse. Wreaths were laid at it during the Second World War. (Annsboro is a very small village about 1 mile north of Castlewellan.) To the left hand side of the the memorial tablet is a much smaller tablet commemorating the arrival of the 141st Armoured Signal Company U.S.A., who trained in the Castlewellan area during the 2nd World War. It is dated 8th June 1942. The inscription on the Great War Memorial Tablet is;- IN MEMORY OF THOSE FROM CASTLEWELLAN AND ANNSBORO DISTRICT WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919. |
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1939 THESE ALSO DIED AND ARE REMEMBERED 1945. |
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