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Lisburn War Memorial

Lisburn War Memorial

Lisburn War Memorial

This picture taken at Derriaghy in 1920 shows ex-Servicemen men from the First World War, 1914-1918 The Prime Minister, Lord Craigavon, second left front and Sir Dawson Bates, Minister of Home Affairs, fourth left front, with members of Lisburn Urban Council at the War

This picture taken at Derriaghy in 1920 shows ex-Servicemen men from the First World War, 1914-1918

The Prime Minister, Lord Craigavon, second left front and Sir Dawson Bates, Minister of Home Affairs, fourth left front, with members of Lisburn Urban Council at the War Memorial in the Castle Gardens about 1930. Others in the picture include Mr. J. McNally, Mr. W. J. Law, Mr. James Duff, Mr. Thomas Sinclair, Mr. John T. McConnell, Mr. John Jamison, Mr. James Barnes, Mr. R. Waring, Mr. Ezekiel Bullick, Mr. James Frazer, Mr. Thomas H. MacDonald, Town Clerk, Mr. Thomas Waring, Mr. Arthur Bowman, Mr. H. McCreanor and Mr. R. Chambers. E1102.

INSCRIPTION 

To the Glorious memory of the Lisburn Men who gave their lives that we may live 1914 -1918

The Glorious Dead

"Their Name Liveth for Evermore"

The following names are inscribed on the War Memorial

Captain W. C. BOOMER M. C. Corporal JAMES  SKELLY
" CECIL F. K. EWART " P. MITCHELL STEWART
" PHILIP C. R. KEICHTLEY " HENRY TOPPING
" JOHN H. SINCLAIR " D. TATE
Lieut F. C. KING " D. WALSH
" DOUGLAS ST. G. MORRISON B. A. R. F.A. Bombardier J. WILSON
" WILLIAM ALDERDICE WILSON Lance-Corporal JOHN CAMPBELL
Second-Lieut ROBERT BOWMAN " THOMAS CATHCART
" DONALD J. GRUBE " HENRY CROSSEY
" GARRATT P. JENKINS " CHARLES DOWDS
" ARCHIBALD MOORE " WILLIAM J. FRAZER
Q. M. S. EDWARD KELLY " ROBERT CECIL VICTOR GILLESPIE
CSM JAMES BRAITHWAITE " G. H. HULL
Sargeant JAMES A. CHERRY " J. MULLIGAN
" DAVID CATHCART " JAMES NEWELL
" THOMAS DONEGAN " JOHN H. PARK
" MATT LYNESS " WILLIAM RITCHIE
" ALEXANDER LARMOUR D. C. M. " G. F. WALKER
" WILLIAM LAVERY " GEORGE F. WALKER
" ROBERT M'CARTER " DAVID WALCH
" ROBERT M'CARTHY M. M. Private WILLIAM ATKINSON
" J. TATE " G. R. BELL
Lance-Sergant WM. JOHN BEATTIE " JAMES BECK
H. CORKIN " JOHN BELL
Corporal JOSEPH BUCKLEY " RICHARD BUCHANAN
" R. J. CORKIN " ALEXANDER CAIRNS
" HILL  DUGAN " C. J. CALWELL
" QUINTIN DUNLOP " ROBERT CATHCART
" GEORGE DORNAN " R. J. CLARKE
" J. LAIRD " SAMUEL DONEGAN
" SAMUEL LARMOUR " MICHAEL DODDS
" JAMES LUNN " WILLIAM GRIBBEN
" THOMAS  MURPHY " JOHN HILLIS
" R. PORTER " SAMUEL HAIRE
Private JOHN HAMILTON " CHARLES HAMILTON
" WILLIAM. HANNA Rifleman J. CORRY
" WILLIAM HUDDLESTONE " A. COWAN
" RROBERT JOHN HULL " WILLIAM CHAPMAN
" ISAIAH JACKSON " JAMES CAIRNS
" GEORGE KINGSBERRY " JAMES DUNLEAVY
" GEORGE KING " J. FENTON
" FRANCIS LENNOX " A. GRIFFIN
" WILLIAM LEWIS " DANIEL GORMAN
" HENRY LOVIE " ROBERT HERON
" EDWARD LAVERY " WILLIAM H. HUGHES
" ROBERT LINDSAY " H. HARVEY
" HENRY MARTIN " THOMAS HADDOCK
" WILLIAM MORGAN " FRANK J. HANNA
" ALEXANDER MAGINESS " JOSEPH HANNA
" JAMES M'ALLISTER " JOHN HARVEY
" DAVID M'CANN " WILLIAM H. HUGHES
" ISAAC M'NAIR " DAVID W. JOHNSTON
" FRANCIS NEAGLE " ISAAC KERRY
" CHARLES NELSON " W. LEATHEM
" DAVID O'HARA " WILLIAM H. LEATHEM
" THOMAS H. PHILPOTT " B. LYNESS
" JOSEPH RICE " WILLIAM LAMONT
" JOHN RAMSEY " DANIEL LAPPIN
" ROBERT S. ROGAN " WILLIAM LAPPEN
" THOMAS RUSSELL " WILLIAM LECKEY
" ARTHUR ROONEY " JOSEPH LINDSAY
" HENRY ROONEY " THOMAS LOGAN
" WILLIAM SKELLY " HENRY LOWRY
" ALBERT SMILEY " SAMUEL LYTTLE
" WILLIAM STANWAY " ROBERT MARKS
" EDWARD TOOLE " DAVID MARTIN
" JAMES WOODS " ALEXANDER MOORE
" ALBERT VICTOR  WATERHOUSE M. M. " JAMES MULHOLLAND
Rifleman WILLIAM R. ABBOTT " J. E. MARTIN
" WILLIAM JOHN ALLEN ROBERT MORROW
" JAMES ANDREWS " ANDREW M'BRIDE
" WILLIAM ANDREWS " EDWARD M'CANN
" DAVID BOYD " THOMAS JAMES M'CLURE
" WALTER BAKER " JAMES  M'DOWELL
" GEORGE BRATTY " JAMES  M'DOWELL
" HENRY BROWN " ROBERT M'GEOWN
" JOHN BROWN " JOHN M'GURK
" SAMUEL BROWN " DANIEL M'ILFATRICK
" A. CLARKE " CHARLES M'ILWRATH
" GEORGE CLELAND " GEORGE  H. M'ILWRATH
" JAMES COBURN " SAMUEL M'KEE
" GEORGE CORDNER " JAMES M'MULLEN
" SAMUEL CORDNER " HENRY M'WILLIAMS
" JOSEPH COWAN " JOHN M'WILLIAMS
" WILLIAM CURRY " ANDREW M'BRIDE
" J. CORKIN " R. M'BRIDE
Rifleman F. M'KIBBEN " R. M'BRIDE
" J. M'DOWELL RANK UNASCERTAINED
" WILLIAM G. M'DOWELL THOMAS CLAY
" ROBERT J. NELSON JOHN CLAY
" RICHARD ORR F. G. COOKE
" ROBERT J. ORR SAMUEL DICKSON
" S. MARTIN PATTERSON SAMUEL DOUGLAS
" WILLIAM PATTERSON RICHARD DUGAN
" WILLIAM PATTON JAMES DUNLEAVY
" ROBERT S. PEWS HUGH DONNELLY
" WILLIAM G. PEWS T. DONNELY
" SAMUEL PURDY ROBERT DICKEY
" JONATHAN REDDICK PATRICK FURFEY
" WILLIAM RUSSELL JOSEPH FERRIS
" R. SALLEY WILLIAM GILL
" GEORGE DAVIS HOMES SMITH ROBERT JOHN GRAY
" ROBERT SMYTH THOMAS GRAHAM
" WILLIAM SPENCE JOHN HODGEN
" WILLIAM J. SPRATT JOHN HUGHES
" JOHN STEADMAN JAMES HUTTON
" SAMUEL TOPPING J. DOUGLAS HAZELTON
" JAMES TOTTEN CHARLES KNOX
" WILLIAM TOTTEN CHARLES LAVERY
" SAMUEL TROUGHTON HENRY LAVERY
" W. THOMPSON HENRY LYTTLE
" S. TOPPING ROBERT LINDSAY
" WILLIAM WALSH THOMAS MINES
" T. WALSH ERIC FRANKLIN MARTIN
" W. WALSH JOHN MAGEE
" A. C. WELCH JOHN MEARNS
" JOHN WARING PATRICK MURTAGH
" WILLIAM BOOMER WARING THOMAS MAGINESS
Guardsman WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM JOHN M. M'COMISKEY
Driver LOUIS ARTHUR GREGG EDWARD M'NAMARA
Signaller JOHN GIBSON JOSEPH M'NAMARA
Gunner ROBERT J. ROSS JOHN M'QUAID
" J. MEARNS WOODS THOMAS NEILL
Bugler SAMUEL WARD JAMES NEWELL
Seaman JAMES HOLMES PATRICK O'BRIEN
RANK UNASCERTAINED CHRIS PELAN
RALPH ADAMS JOHN SIMPSON
W. BOSTON J. SHARKEY
WILLIAM CROSSEY PATRICK SHARKEY
EDWARD CORRIGAN HUGH SHARKEY
DAN CRILLY P. STOOPS
JAMES CHAMBERS JAMES STERLING
T. TEGGART
FRANCIS TODD
A. J. VERSCHURE
JOSEPH WALKER

McCANN, Rifleman Edward

Born in Lisburn, he lived on the Old Hillsborough Road in the town, enlisted at Lisburn, and served in A Company 11 RIR with whom he embarked for France from Bordon in October 1915. Wounded on the Somme on the 1.7.16 and subsequently transferred to 12 RIR (18202) he was KIA in Belgium on the 16.10.18 aged 21. His death is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium, panels 138-140. He was the son of David and Maggie McCann of 5 Laganside Terrace, Old Hillsborough Road, Lisburn, Co. Down. David McCann worked at Messrs. Robert Stewart and Sons.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry

E. ALDERDICE O.CUMINS T. J. HAMILTON
J. V. C. BADGER     D. F. C. W. DALEY G. L. J. HANKIN
S. BASSETT W. F. DAWE J. HANSON
A. E. BECKETT     B. A. HONS S. DOUGHERTY R. HARVEY
D. R. BELL W. DOUGHERTY J. HAWKINS
J. BELL W. G. DUNCAN A. HEASLEY
D. BEST R. E. ELKIN H. R. HOWE
A. BLANEY A. J. FERGUSON J. HUNTER
J. J. BOYD E. FERGUSON S. S. HUNTER
T. BURNS A. W. FRASER I. R. H. IAGO
A. D. BRADSHAW W. C. FRASER  M. B. E J. IRVINE
W. J. T. BRODIE R. FRASER J. C. IRVINE
R. BROWN T. GAMBLE H. JEFFERSON
C. BUCKLE J. M. GIBSON N. JEFFERSON
W. A. BURROWS W. E. GIBSON W. JEFFERSON
J. C. BUSTARD G. GILMORE T. KIDD
L. P. CAHEY J. H. GILMORE J. KING
R. CALVERT P. GRAHAM W. H. LAYTON
S. P. CATNEY T. GRAHAM W. J. LEMON
J. J. CAVES T. GRAHAM W. LINDSAY
J. CLARKE J. GREEN E. W. LINDSAY
H. CONNOLLY W. G. GREEN D. LOUDEN
D. COWAN W. GREEN J. LOWRY
H. COWAN R. H. HAIRE R. LYNESS
W. G. CRANGLE A. M. HALL A. MAGUIRE
J. CREE B. HAMILTON T.E MAWHENNEY    M. M.
J. McAFEE
see photograph below
J. N. MURRY T. STEWART
J. E. M. MacCALLUM H. D. W. PAKENHAM W. STONE
I. T. McANN W. G. PARTRIDGE S. J. TAYLOR
J. M. McCAUSLAND A. PATTERSON J. B. THOMPSON
T. McCLURE H. G. PELAN B. J. TOMAN
A. McCORMICK I. PHILLIPS S. TOPPING
W. J. McCREADY J. E. PHILLIPS J. TOTTEN
J. McCRORY A. POTTS F. TOYE
W. J. McCUTCHEON    M. M. S. POTTS J. J. TOZER
S. McDONALD V. C. J. PURCHASE J. TROY
J. McGEOWN D. A. QUIGG L. G. WALKER
M. F. McHENRY W. M. M. RAWLINS J. WALKER
F. W. McMURRY W. ROBERTS
see photograph below
W. WARING
R. W. S. McNALLY E. ROBINSON W. H. WARING
T. McNEICE E. F. W. ROBINSON T. H. WILLIAMSON
H. MERCER J. ROY W. T. WILLIAMSON
R. MILLAR A. M. SCOTT R. WILLS
J. H. F. MOAT M. A. A. R. SCOTT J. WRIGHT
W. C. MOORE D. L. SCOTT J. D. WRIGHT
S. MORGAN E. SCOTT
A. J. MORROW F. C. SHIELDS KOREA 1950 - 1953
P. W. J. MORROW F. H. SHIELDS J. BUSTARD
W. MOULDS D. SMITH J. D. GIBSON
W. J. MULHOLLAND J. F. SMYLIE
P. J. MULLINS J. SOMMERVILLE FALKLANDS 1982
J. W. MURPHY W. STEVENSON A. CORK

Names of those who gave their lives in two wars
and were added to this memorial upon re-dedication in 2007

1914-18 1939-45
J. Fenning K. B.Coulter
R. Fenning H. Hart
J. Irwin S. Higgins
J. Mackell P. Hughes
T. R. Malcomson S. Lucas
F. S. McGreevy S. Morgan
H. Rainey J. D. McStay
Gunner William Roberts

Gunner William Roberts


ROBERTS William Gunner 14594156, Royal Artillery. Died 27th June 1943. Aged 39. Husband of Maud Roberts, of Magheragall. Buried in LISBURN CEMETERY, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland. Section D. Grave 162.

Sergeant John McAfee

Sergeant John McAfee


Sergeant John McAfee served in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Service Number 1037806. He died on 3rd February 1945, age 21. Cemetery/Memorial Name: Rheinberg War Cemetery, Grave/Memorial Ref: Coll. grave 8. D. 22-24. A marble tablet in memory of Mr McAfee and three other members of the congregation killed during the 1939 - 1945 was unveiled in Railway Street Presbyterian Church at the Armistice Day Service on 6th November 1955.