Crumlin


	Crumlin War Memorial Park and Gateway, County Antrim.

Crumlin War Memorial Park and Gateway is located on the outskirts of the village adjacent to the railway station.

The following is a description of it given during the official opening ceremony.

‘The park has been laid out near the railway station in Crumlin, and covers an area of four and a half acres. A memorial gateway of solid oak, erected near the main entrance, contains two tablets, on which are the names of those who fell and also of those who served in the war. The park had been laid out and the gateway erected to the memory of thirty-two good men and true who made the same supreme sacrifice in the late war, to nine men and women who died on service or from the effects of illness and disease contracted on service, and to 164 men who willingly and freely gave their services to their country. The park contains both cricket and football grounds, and tennis courts are being prepared. There is also a playground for the children.’

In concluding his speech Lord Massereene quoted the words by the King in the cemetery near Boulogne at the end of his Majesty’s pilgrimage to the graves of the fallen in France- “As our dead are equal in sacrifice so are they equally in honour, for the greatest and the least of them have proved that sacrifice and honour are no vain things, but truths by which the world lives.”

There are two wooden tablets, one on either side of the gateway. One for the men and women who fell, the second for those who served. As can be seen from the right hand photograph the wooden tablets are now in very poor condition with many of the names illegible. Below is an almost complete list of the Fallen. It is hoped eventually to have a complete list displayed.

The people of Crumlin and Gartree.

In affectionate remembrance of the men and women who gave their lives for their country in the Great War 1914 – 1918.

Adair, George. Pte., 11th Bat. R.I.R.	Ayre, Samuel, Pte., 11th Bat. R.I.R.
Bell, Arthur, Pte., 9th Bat. R.I.R.	Bell, Robert, Cpl., 1 R.Ic.F.
Bell, William, Pte., 2nd Bat. R.I.R.	Boyd, William, Sgt-Fr., Canadians
Browne, George, Pte., R.I.R.	Bushe, Samuel, Pte., 11th Bat. R.I.R.
Campbell, James, Pte., 16th Bat. R.I.R.	Campbell, Philip, Pte., R.I.R.
Clarke, Edward R. 2nd Lt., K.R.R.C.	Clarke, William, Sgt., 11th Bat. R.I.R.
Cormican, Hugh Patrick, Stkr., H.M.S. Hawke	Cosgrave, Michael, Gnr., R.F.A.
Fleming, John. Pte. 11th Bat., R.I.R.	Gillen, John, Pte., R.I.R.
Heaney, Thomas, Pte., R.I.R.	Hull, Robert, Pte., ANZACS
Jacob, Frank, Gnr., R.F.A.	Johnson, Joseph, Pte., R.I.F.
Lindsay, Hugh, L-Cpl., 11th Bat. R.I.R.	Logan, William, Pte., 11th Bat. R.I.R.
McCleary, Samuel, Pte., R.I.R.	McConkey, Matthew, Pte., 11th Bat. R.I.R.
McGarry, Matthew, Pte., R.I.R.	McQuillan, William, Sgt., 11th Bat. R.I.R.
Morrison, Lizzie N. V.A.D., ???? and Solonica	Mulholland, Patrick, Pte., 11th Bat. R.I.R.
Mulholland, Robert, Pte., Canadians	Patterson, Robert, Pte., 11th Bat. R.I.R.
Sherlock, Robert, Pte., N.Z.	Stewart, Daniel, Pte. R.I.R.
Williamson, Andrew, Pte., 11th Bat. R.I.R.	Williamson, Robert, Pte., Canadians
Williamson, Samuel, Pte., 11th Bat. R.I.R.	Williamson, W.J. Cpl., 11th Bat. R.I.R.
Wilson, Samuel, Pte., R.I.R.	Yarr, William, Pte., Canadians


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