Newtownards War Memorial
Newtownards War Memorial
Newtownards War Memorial
Newtownards War Memorial
Newtownards War Memorial
Newtownards War Memorial
Newtownards War Memorial
Newtownards War Memorial
Newtownards War Memorial
Newtownards War Memorial
Newtownards War Memorial
Newtownards War Memorial
Newtownards War Memorial
Newtownards War Memorial

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On a four-stepped base an obelisk bearing on its front face three bas reliefs, namely a lion's head above a fasces towards the top, a robed female figure holding aloft in her right hand a palm frond, and on the pedestal a town crest with '1613' inside the wreath.
Title

Newtownards War Memorial

Date

1934

Medium

granite

Accession number

BT23_AL_S008

Work type

War memorial

Owner

Ards and North Down Borough Council

Custodian

Ards and North Down Borough Council

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

26th May 1934

Access

at all times

Inscription description

in black metal lettering on a stone at the base of the pedestal: IN MEMORY OF / THE MEN / OF / NEWTOWNARDS / AND / DISTRICT / WHO / LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES / SERVING / KING AND COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / "LEST WE FORGET"; and similarly on the back of the base: IN MEMORY OF / THE MEN / WHO / LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES / SERVING KING AND COUNTRY / IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939-1945

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Located at

Court Street, Newtownards

BT23 7AD

Located in the centre of a small park where Court Street and Castle Street meet.