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Title
Bangor War Memorial
Medium
Portland stone & bronze
Measurements
H 1219 x W 1097 x D 1097 cm
Accession number
BT20_AL_S007
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Bangor City Council
Custodian
Bangor City Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
B+ (Northern Ireland)
Unveiling date
28th May 1927
Listing date
08/07/92
Access
at all times
Inscription description
on the north side of the obelisk in metal lettering: DIED IN THE / SERVICE OF / THEIR COUNTRY; on the south side of the base in raised lettering on a bronze plaque: THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / TO THE MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN SONS; on the east side of the base in raised lettering on a bronze plaque: DULCE ET DECORUM / EST PRO PATRIA MORI; and on the west side in raised lettering on a metal plaque: THIS PLATE IS IN DEDICATION TO ALL THOSE WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE / OF THEIR COUNTRY OR AS A RESULT OF CONFLICT SINCE 1945. / THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD, AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD, / AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM, NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN, / AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING / WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.