Portadown War Memorial stands in front of St. Mark's Church of Ireland at the top end of the Co. Armagh town. It commemorates the fallen of several conflicts.
The Portadown War Memorial stands in front of St. Mark's Church of Ireland Church on Church Street at the top end of the Co. Armagh town. Bronze panels mounted on a base of Irish granite commemorate those killed in The Great War and the Second World War. Atop the monument a bronze likeness of an angel places a wreath on the head of a wounded soldier.
The bronze sculpted soldier’s helmet has fallen back, revealing his head. This denotes fortitude, courage, and sacrifice for his country. Both the angel and the soldier stand on a base of sandbags and a gas mask, which represent the battlefield. Behind the memorial, the tower of the nearby St. Mark’s Church of Ireland Church is also dedicated to the fallen of both World Wars.
Last Name | First Name(s) | Rank | Unit | Information |
---|---|---|---|---|
Archer | Matthew Thomas | Petty Officer | Royal Navy | D/JX 193627 |
Bell | George Wilfred | Third Radio Officer | Merchant Navy | S.S. Thornliebank |
Benson | John George | Private | The Pioneer Corps | 13014845 |
Berry | Francis | Private | Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders | 7013410 |
Black | Richard Alexander | Private | Corps of Military Police | 7011400 |
Blair | Ernest Bramwell | Sergeant | Royal Air Force | 1796405 |
Bleeks | William James | Leading Aircraftman | Royal Air Force | 1035372 |
Boyce | Samuel John | Lance Bombardier | Royal Artillery | 1063039 |
Burke | Aubrey | Corporal | Royal Ulster Rifles | 7046114 |
Callaghan | William Edward | Sergeant | Royal Air Force | 623929 |
Clayton | Samuel Joseph | Sergeant | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | 1545659 |
Clulow | James Ernest Ivor | Sergeant | North Irish Horse | 7902378 |
Cole | Norman | Able Seaman | Royal Navy | D/JX 6302541 |
Craig | James | Stoker | Royal Navy | Unknown |
Craig | William John | Fusilier | Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers | 6984364 |
Crossan | Robert | Fusilier | Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers | 3781429 |
Currie | Ernest Stewart | Driver | Royal Army Service Corps | T/107789 |
Dawson | Thomas | Pilot Officer | Royal Air Force | 42339 |
Dougan | Hampton Atkinson | Lieutenant Colonel | Royal Army Medical Corps | 127133 |
England | Norman Nicholas | Sergeant | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | 1130657 |
England | Thomas Henry | Lance Serjeant | Irish Guards | 2718941 |
Gibson | James | Gunner | Royal Artillery | 1456570 |
Gillis | David | Sergeant | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | 1025077 |
Grimley | Patrick | Lance Corporal | Corps of Military Police | 3853199 |
Hall | Alfred | Fusilier | Royal Irish Fusiliers | 7046077 |
Hamilton | Albert | Able Seaman | Royal Navy | D/SSX 26639 |
Harrison | John | Lance Corporal | The Pioneer Corps | 1573121 |
Hamill | James | Cattleman | Merchant Navy | S.S. Ville d'Arlon |
Hazlett | Samuel Alexander | Lance Corporal | Canadian Infantry Corps | B/159256 |
Hewitt | Robert Ernest | Lance Corporal | British Expeditionary Force | Unknown |
Hunniford | George | Sergeant | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | 950488 |
Hunter | William James Graham | Stoker | Royal Naval Patrol Service | LT/KX 108031 |
Hutchinson | William Robert | Private | Canadian Infantry Corps | B/76677 |
Irwin | Robert James | Fusilier | Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers | 7014337 |
Johnson | John William | Lance Corporal | South Staffordshire Regiment | 4915099 |
Kane | Henry | Signalman | Royal Navy | D/JX 165720 |
Kane | Samuel | Lance Corporal | Royal Irish Fusiliers | 6977922 |
Kane | Vincent | Serjeant | Royal Artillery | 1455245 |
Kerr | Samuel John | Aircraftman 2nd Class | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | 976712 |
Liggett | John Joseph | Private | The Pioneer Corps | Unknown |
Ludlow | Robert James | Serjeant | Royal Artillery | 1064310 |
Lutton | Howard | Lance Corporal | Special Air Service | Unknown |
Lutton | William John Kirkpatrick | Able Seaman | Royal Navy | D/JX 707600 |
Lynas | Ernest | Lance Corporal | The Parachute Regiment | 7043594 |
Lynas | Robert | Corporal | Royal Air Force | 530316 |
Lyttle | Albert | Corporal | Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers | 7015490 M.M. |
Lyttle | George Aubrey | Signalman | Royal Corps of Signals | 3712389 |
Maginn | Henry Howard | Sergeant | Royal Air Force | 637636 |
McCann | Arthur | Private | Border Regiment | Unknown |
McCann | George | Private | Royal Scots | 14429060 |
McClatchey | David | Rifleman | London Irish Rifles | 7902391 |
McConaghie | Joseph | Fusilier | Royal Irish Fusiliers | 6978527 |
McCullough | David | Fusilier | Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers | 6983683 |
McDonald | Peter Frank | Flying Officer | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | Unknown |
McFadden | James | Private | Army Air Corps | Unknown |
McKnight | Frederick | Private | Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry | Unknown |
McVeigh | Charles Joseph | Serjeant | Royal Ulster Rifles | 7013567 |
Morrison | John | Private | The Pioneer Corps | 13037828 |
Murphy | William James | Private | Royal Ulster Rifles | Unknown |
O'Neill | John | Private | Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders | Unknown |
Pentland | George | Gunner | Royal Artillery | 956614 |
Picken | Ian J.J. | Lieutenant | Durham Light Infantry | Unknown |
Pidgeon | Samuel | Lance Corporal | Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers | Unknown |
Prentice | Norman | Driver | Royal Army Service Corps | Unknown |
Robinson | George | Lance Corporal | Special Air Service | 884882 |
Robinson | Thomas | Sergeant | Royal Air Force | Unknown |
Roney | Hugh | Bombardier | Royal Artillery | 1453086 |
Seale | Theophilus John | Lieutenant | Royal Irish Fusiliers | 268965 |
Seale | William Terrence Chambers | Squadron Leader | Royal Air Force | Unknown |
Smart | William Joseph | Warrant Officer | Royal Air Force | Unknown |
Smith | Ernest | Private | King's Own Scottish Borderers | 6983727 |
Stanfield | William John | Gunner | Royal Artillery | 880709 |
Summerville | William | Craftsman | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | Unknown |
Tinman | Albert | Corporal | Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers | 6983317 |
Todd | David Dawson | Sergeant | Royal Air Force | Unknown |
Topley | Herbert | Private | Royal Scots | Unknown |
Topping | Jocelyn | Leading Aircraftwoman | Women's Auxiliary Air Force | Unknown |
Turbitt | John | Bombardier | Royal Artillery | 6974101 |
Tweedie | James Taylor | Trooper | North Irish Horse | 7902799 |
Webb | Samuel | Driver | Royal Army Service Corps | T/7013121 |
Whitla | James | Able Seaman | Royal Navy | Unknown |
Whittle | James | Second Engineer Officer | Canadian Merchant Navy | Unknown |
Wilson | George Joseph | Sergeant | Royal Air Force | 1383005 |
Wilson | Samuel James | Sergeant | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | 1026302 |
Wilson | Valentine Robertson | Sergeant | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | 1389001 |
Wolsey | William Henry | Lance Corporal | Royal Scots Fusiliers | 7047419 |
Wright | Alexander | Rifleman | Royal Ulster Rifles | 7009511 |
Wright | Irene | Sister | Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service | Unknown |
Wright | Wilfred | Aircraftman 2nd Class | Royal Air Force | 538668 |
On 13th November 1925, Lieutenant-General Sir Travers Edwards Clarke G.B.E., K.C.B., K.C.M.C. unveiled the town war memorial in Portadown, Co. Armagh. Some twenty six years later, on 11th November 1951, another public service unveiled memorials to the fallen of the Second World War.
Members of the British legion, the Territorial Army, and other ex-service members led the parade to the memorial at 1035hrs. Those gathered sang a hymn before Dr. George Dougan M.P. unveiled the new plaque. Reverend G.F.H. Byrne, a chaplain with the Royal Air Force dedicated the plaque and read out the names of those commemorated.
On the sounding of The Last Post and Reveille, Mayor Alderman R.J. Magowan laid a wreath on behalf of the borough. The British Legion, Territorial Army, Royal Ulster Constabulary, Royal Navy, Royal Artillery, Royal Irish Fusiliers, Royal Air Force, Army Cadet Force, Women’s Royal Army Corps, and youth organisations also laid wreaths.
In 2018, to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of The Great War, a number of new names were added to the Portadown War Memorial including 22 who served in the Second World War.