Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Comber & District War Memorial
Town Parks, Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Memorial
- Date of construction
- 1920 - 1939
- Address
- Comber & District War Memorial, The Square, Comber, Co. Down
- Townland
- Town Parks
- Council
- Ards and North Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.55035, -5.74542
- Date of survey
- 01 July 1999
- HB reference
- HB24/15/012
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1900 "Ireland" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
War memorial dating from c.1922-23, situated near the NW corner of the pedestrianised area in the centre of The Square.
The memorial consists of a stepped granite base, square in plan but with bevelled corners. On top of the base is a square plan pedestal also in granite with bronze panels set in recesses on each side with the names of the local-born who fell in the Great War and subsequent conflicts. This pedestal also has bevelled edges and a bevelled top with stylised laurel leaf carving.
The pedestal supports a life size bronze statue of a soldier in battle dress of 1914-18. The statue is inscribed at its base ‘L.S. Merrifield. Sc. 1922.’.
Historical information
This war memorial was erected c.1922-23 as a monument those from the Comber district who lost their lives in The Great War. The bronze panels also carry the names of those fallen in subsequent conflicts, including of course W.W.II.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
War memorial erected c.1922-23 with life size figure of a soldier on a granite pedestal. The statue appears to be the work of L.S. Merrifield.
Nearby in the register
- The SquareShopunder 1 mi
- The Gillespie MonumentMemorialunder 1 mi
- Site of former 5-7 The SquareDemolishedunder 1 mi
- 2 The SquareShopunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.