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No |
Mem Ref |
Service No |
Rank |
Name |
Regiment / Service |
Battalion |
Date Of Death |
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1 |
01-A |
29900 |
Pte. |
Ashfield, Hugh
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Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
10th Battalion |
11/08/1917 |
2 |
01-B |
7881 |
Pte. |
Falls, Robert
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Royal Irish Fusiliers |
2nd Battalion |
26/08/1914 |
3 |
02-A |
3022 |
Pte. |
Bayne, Joseph
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Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
1st Battalion |
01/10/1915 |
4 |
02-B |
11097 |
Pte. |
Falls, Samuel
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Scots Guards |
1st Battalion |
27/09/1915 |
5 |
03-A |
11701 |
Pte. |
Barton, Patrick
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Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
2nd Battalion |
21/03/1918 |
6 |
03-B |
6329 |
R/man |
Faulkner, John
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Royal Irish Rifles |
14th Battalion |
01/07/1916 |
7 |
04-A |
11417 |
Pte. |
Beach, John James
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Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
5th Battalion |
10/09/1916 |
8 |
04-B |
27534 |
Pte. |
Ferguson, Edward
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Royal Irish Fusiliers |
9th Battalion |
14/10/1918 |
9 |
05-A |
31237 |
Pte. |
Bell, Thomas
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Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
2nd Battalion |
28/09/1917 |
10 |
05-B |
237471 |
Pte. |
Ferson, James
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Canadian Machine Gun Corps |
4th Battalion |
01/10/1918 |
11 |
06-A |
16273 |
Pte. |
Black, Isaac
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Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
9th Battalion |
01/07/1916 |
12 |
06-B |
552736 |
Pte. |
Fleming, Samuel Alexander
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Canadian Infantry |
10th Battalion |
09/04/1917 |
13 |
07-A |
8092 |
Pte. |
Blair, Robert
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Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
Depot |
08/04/1915 |
14 |
07-B |
9634 |
L/Corp |
Freeburn, Alexander
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Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
1st Battalion |
18/05/1915 |
15 |
08-A |
17355 |
Pte. |
Boyle, Joseph
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Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
8th Battalion |
06/09/1916 |
16 |
08-B |
6770 |
L/Corp |
Gilmour, Bryce M
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Irish Guards |
2nd Battalion |
30/09/1915 |
17 |
09-A |
144825 |
Pte. |
Boyle, Louis
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Canadian Infantry |
24th Battalion |
17/09/1916 |
18 |
09-B |
106464 |
Corp |
Glasgow, Henry McDonald
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Royal Engineers |
Gas Section |
24/07/1917 |
19 |
10-A |
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Pte. |
Bradley, James
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Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
3rd Battalion |
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20 |
10-B |
150090 |
Pte. |
Gorman, William John R
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Canadian Infantry |
8th Battalion |
07/02/1917 |
21 |
11-A |
3288 |
L/Corp |
Bradley, Patrick
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Royal Scots |
2nd Battalion |
25/09/1917 |
22 |
11-B |
12084 |
Pte. |
Gormley, James
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Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
1st Battalion |
15/08/1915 |
23 |
12-A |
3/8605 |
Sgt. |
Bridgett, William R
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Yorkshire Regiment |
6th Battalion |
12/12/1915 |
24 |
12-B |
4420 |
Pte. |
Graham, Andrew McClintock
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11th Regiment |
19th Battalion |
07/04/1918 |
25 |
13-A |
41582 |
Gnr |
Brown, William
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Royal Garrison Artillery |
270th Siege Battery |
01/07/1917 |
26 |
13-B |
201602 |
Pte. |
Greer, George
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Canadian Infantry |
75th Battalion |
02/09/1918 |
27 |
14-A |
7867 |
Pte. |
Campbell, Henry
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Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
2nd Battalion |
07/03/1915 |
28 |
14-B |
20321 |
Pte. |
Hagan, Hugh
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Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
7th Battalion |
21/03/1918 |
29 |
15-A |
21979 |
Pte. |
Carson, Patrick
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Royal Dublin Fusiliers |
6th Battalion |
09/12/1915 |
30 |
15-B |
19977 |
Pte. |
Hamilton, William Joshua
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Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
9th Battalion |
01/07/1916 |
31 |
16-A |
17434 |
R/man |
Cheevers, Francis
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Royal Irish Rifles |
13th Battalion |
01/07/1916 |
32 |
16-B |
6686 |
Pte. |
Harvey, John
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Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
1st Battalion |
05/06/1915 |
33 |
17-A |
11113 |
Pte. |
Cheevers, Richard
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Royal Irish Fusiliers |
2nd Battalion |
20/08/1914 |
34 |
17-B |
437103 |
Pte. |
Hegan, James
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Canadian Infantry |
7th Battalion |
12/11/1917 |
35 |
18-A |
29816 |
Pte. |
Cheevers, Thomas
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Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
9th Battalion |
26/03/1918 |
36 |
18-B |
41401 |
L/Sgt |
Henry M.M., George Adams
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Royal Irish Fusiliers |
9th Battalion |
26/03/1918 |
37 |
19-A |
17811 |
Pte. |
Corbett, James
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Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
9th Battalion |
07/06/1917 |
38 |
19-B |
14885 |
Corp |
Hill, William George
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Royal Irish Rifles |
14th Battalion |
07/06/1917 |
39 |
20-A |
192477 |
Lieut |
Creighton, Ernest
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Canadian Infantry |
13th Battalion |
08/08/1918 |
40 |
20-B |
875269 |
Pte. |
Hogg, William
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Canadian Infantry |
8th Battalion |
28/04/1917 |
41 |
21-A |
23/1023 |
L/Corp |
Crooks, William John
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3rd New Zealand Infantry Brigade |
1st Batt Trentham Regiment |
08/06/1917 |
42 |
21-B |
17517 |
Pte. |
Hogshaw, Robert
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Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
9th Battalion |
06/12/1916 |
43 |
22-A |
44264 |
Pte. |
Curran, David George
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Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
1st Battalion |
23/10/1918 |
44 |
22-B |
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Lieut |
Kennedy, Thomas James
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Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
8th Battalion |
09/09/1916 |
45 |
23-A |
24193 |
Pte. |
Curran, Samuel J
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Machine Gun Corps |
87th Company |
21/11/1916 |
46 |
23-B |
4444 |
Pte. |
King, James
|
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
1st Battalion |
15/08/1915 |
47 |
24-A |
17494 |
Pte. |
Curry, Hugh
|
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
9th Battalion |
08/09/1916 |
48 |
24-B |
10097 |
Pte. |
Lavery, James Sterling
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Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
2nd Battalion |
21/10/1914 |
49 |
25-A |
3731 |
Pte. |
Darragh, Thomas
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Connaught Rangers |
6th Battalion |
03/09/1916 |
50 |
25-B |
8016 |
L/Corp |
Lawless, Robert
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Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
2nd Battalion |
16/05/1915 |
51 |
26-A |
44434 |
Pte. |
Darragh, Thomas
|
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
1st Battalion |
19/10/1918 |
52 |
26-B |
4064 |
Pte. |
Lawn, Michael
|
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
2nd Battalion |
17/05/1915 |
53 |
27-A |
24764 |
Pte. |
Donaghy, Francis
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Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
1st Battalion |
01/07/1916 |
54 |
27-B |
21215 |
R/man |
Leslie, Thomas
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3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade |
2nd Battalion |
12/08/1917 |
55 |
28-A |
130272 |
Pioneer |
Dowie, Frederick
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Royal Engineers |
2nd Special Company |
18/06/1917 |
56 |
28-B |
10788 |
Pte. |
Long, William
|
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
5th Battalion |
08/10/1918 |
57 |
29-A |
11113e |
Pte. |
Espey, James
|
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
1st Battalion |
28/06/1915 |
58 |
29-B |
2612 |
L/Corp |
Lord, Charles George
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Leinster Regiment |
7th Battalion |
02/06/1916 |
59 |
30-A |
2739 |
Corp |
Espey, Thomas
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South African Infantry |
4th Regiment |
07/01/1918 |
60 |
30-B |
16285 |
Pte. |
Lyttle, Alexander (Sandy)
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Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
9th Battalion |
01/07/1916 |
61 |
31-A |
15511 |
L/Corp |
Eyre, Charles J
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Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
10th Battalion |
01/07/1916 |
62 |
31-B |
13935 |
Pte. |
Lyttle, Robert J
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Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
9th Battalion |
08/05/1916 |
Town : |
Cookstown |
Latitude : |
54.647652 |
Lontitude : |
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Date Unveiled : |
18/04/1927 |
Cookstown Cenotaph is located in the centre of the retail area of the town in William Street, between Orritor Street / Coagh Street crossroads and the Burn Road junction. |
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In the early 1920’s a committee was set up in Cookstown to decide a way to honour the fallen of the First World War. The members of the committee were divided as to the form the Memorial would take. It was proposed that the cost of the Memorial would be provided by public subscription.
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Over the next few years, public monies were collected by the members of the committee. By the mid 1920’s the funds proved to be insufficient and were either given back to those who subscribed or allowed to be in abeyance until such times as a decision was made.
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In 1926 the matter was taken up by the local branch of the Royal British Legion. It was thought that those who survived the war and returned may be best able to judge, what would be an appropriate way to honour their fallen comrades. It was suggested, that the Cenotaph in London presented as good as any form of Memorial. The proposal was carried and public subscriptions were again collected by members of the committee under the supervision of Mr. J.D. Anderson, Cookstown.
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The Cookstown War Memorial is a replica of the Cenotaph in London, and is built of Silver grey granite from the Moore quarry in Newry, County Down. It stands 17 feet high on a granite base 9 feet, 9 inches by 7 feet 3 inches. It is surrounded by a concrete step, 14 feet by 12 feet.
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The names of the ‘Fallen’ are inscribed in Castleduff limestone on the east and west facing panels headed by the inscription, “In grateful memory of the men from Cookstown and district who in the Great War gave their lives for freedom”. Both panels were at one time electrically lit by two flambeaux on either face. The south side of the Memorial bears the inscription, “Our Glorious Dead”. The north and south sides also show two wreaths with the dates of commencement and conclusion of the First World War. The Memorial was supplied and erected by Purdy and Millard of Belfast.
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The inscription above the list of names reads
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"In grateful memory of the men from Cookstown and District who in the Great War gave their lives for freedom"
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This panel of the Cenotaph records 62 names from World War 1. The panel is on the Eastern face of the Cenotaph. This is the Ulster Bank side of the road
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On the morning of Easter Monday, 18th April 1927, ex-servicemen assembled outside the Post Office in Cookstown, and marched in slow time, headed by Cookstown Pipe Band led by Pipe-Major McCormack.
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In the front rank of the procession were Lieutenant Colonel Lewis of Tullylagan, President of the Royal British Legion; Captain J. Leeper, Chairman of the Legion; Captain J.B. Knox, Commander and Lieutenant Hopper. The men marched to the Memorial, where they formed a square, kept by the Royal Ulster Constabulary under the supervision of District-Inspector Hall, M.B.E.
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On the steps of the memorial stood, a Sergeant, a Corporal, a Lance Corporal and a Fusilier of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers acting as escort, one standing at each corner of the Memorial, with two buglers standing at the south side of the Memorial, under the supervision of Major Alexander, D.S.O. Around the square, the area was crowded the relatives and members of the local council.
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At 11.00am, all stood to attention as Mr. Thomas Gibson, Chairman, Urban District Council, gave a short address and paid tribute to those who gave their lives in the war and then introduced Mrs. Ambrose Ricardo, widow of the late Colonel Ambrose Ricardo who commanded the 36th Ulster Division. Mrs. Ricardo thanked the committee and cut the cord unveiling the east and west faces of the Memorial.
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As the Memorial was unveiled, the escort presented arms and the Buglers sounded the “Last Post” followed, after minute’s silence, by Reveille.
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Mr. J.W. Fleming, secretary of the memorial committee read aloud the names. Lieutenant Colonel Gregg D.S.O., Officer Commanding the Depot, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, gave a short address. Mr. J.D. Anderson, on behalf of the War Memorial committee, asked Mr. Thomas Gibson to accept the monument on behalf of the Cookstown Urban District Council.
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The Pipe Band played, “The Flowers of the Forest” as relatives of the Fallen placed wreaths on the Cenotaph. The proceedings closed with the playing of the National Anthem.
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No special invitations were issued. All ex servicemen and their friends, and all subscribers were invited to be present on the occasion.
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