Portstewart

Portstewart, County Londonderry.

Portstewart War Memorial is situated on the Promenade.

The money was raised by public subscription, in honour of thirty men of the town who lost their lives in the Great War. It cost almost £800, and occupies a central position on the promenade. 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 three polished granite panels, on the pedestal, the front one or which bears the inscription, while on the others the names of the fallen are inscribed.

The inscription on the memorial is:-

“TO THE GLORY TO GOD AND IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN OF PORTSTEWART WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918.”

“THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.”

Robert Bacon	James Boyd	Robert J. Burke	John P. Charles
Thomas J. Finlay	Cecil J. H. Gatchell	John Gray	James Hayes
Thomas Hayes	James Kane	William Kilpatrick	Thomas Kyle
Edward Martin	Alexander C. Montagu	Walter P. Montagu	Daniel Millar
William Millar	David M’Candless	James M’Curdy	Manus M’Fadden
Harry M’Gowan	William M’Guigan	William M’Michael	William J. Reid
Thomas Shields	Samuel Sinclair	William J. Spence	John Taylor
John H. Upson	Alexander Williamson.

The plaques commemorating those who were killed on active service during WW2 are at the front of the Memorial below the main WW1 panel and are inscribed as follows

THIS PLAQUE COMMEMORATES THE FOLLOWING WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945

Dallas Boyce	William Stavely Brown	H.C. Caldwell	M.N. Darling
William Herbert Farley	Michael Joseph Kelleher	J.S. Kennedy	William Mcintyre
J.H. Nelson	T.A. Nesbitt	J. Tannahill	William Wilson
Alexander Wilton


	WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

	Thumb-nail sketches of the men from Portstewart and District who served in World War One, including those commemorated on the War Memorial, can be found at the following web-site: http://www.geocities.com/tmccww1/ww1.html Thanks to Trevor McClean for WW2 names and information web site.

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