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Title
County Antrim War Memorial
Date
1922
Medium
basalt, other stone & slate
Measurements
H 3353 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
BT38_FP_S003
Work type
War memorial
Work status
extant
Listing status
B2 (Northern Ireland)
Unveiling date
1936
Listing date
22/06/93
Access
at all times
Inscription description
inscribed in black lettering on a plaque set into the front of the pedestal: TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN PROUD / AND AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE / OF THE MEN / OF COUNTY ANTRIM / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / THIS MEMORIAL / IS ERECTED BY THEIR GRATEFUL COUNTY. / "NOBLY YOU FOUGHT YOUR KNIGHTLY VIRTUE PROVED, / YOUR MEMORY HALLOWED IN THE LAND YOU LOVED".; within the wreath in metal lettering: 1914 1918 / 1939 1945; and in white lettering on a tablet laid on the pedestal: COUNTY ANTRIM WAR MEMORIAL / THE KNOCKAGH MONUMENT / ON 5TH NOVEMBER 2006 THIS MONUMENT WAS REDEDICATED TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF / THOSE FROM THE COUNTY OF ANTRIM WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN TWO WORLD WARS. / THE CEREMONY WAS CONDUCTED BY THE REVEREND CANON EDWARD JAMES MOORE T.D. M.A. IN THE / PRESENCE OF THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF COUNTY ANTRIM, LORD O'NEILL TOGETHER WITH / ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE TEN COUNCILS WITHIN COUNTY ANTRIM AND MEMBERS OF / THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION. / "WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"