Belfast Cenotaph - Combined WWI / WWII, City Hall - Belfast - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

"The Belfast Cenotaph is located beside Donegall Square West in the grounds of the city hall. It is about thirty feet (9.5m) high with a background of a Colonnade about twenty-five feet high. On either side of the Cenotaph are ornamental cast bronze brackets. The laurel wreaths, symbolic of Victory and Honour, are boldly carved, and show up prominently. The carved attachments to the mouldings of the cornices and capitals are of a more delicate character. The lettering is engraved in Roman type. The inscription is:-

PRO DEO ET PATRIA

ERECTED BY

THE CITY OF BELFAST

IN MEMORY OF

HER HEROIC SONS

WHO

MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN

THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918.

They dedicated their lives to a great cause,

and their achievements by sea and

land and air won undying fame.

FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH,

they are remembered with Pride and Gratitude.

“THROUGHOUT THE LONG YEARS OF STRUGGLE WHICH HAVE NOW SO GLORIOUSLY ENDED, THE MEN OF ULSTER HAVE PROVED HOW NOBLY THEY FIGHT AND DIE.”

GEORGE V

“Their name liveth for evermore.”"

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Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 11/11/1929 Private or Public Monument?: Government Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: City Council Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe Website for this Monument: [Web Link] Physical Address of Monument: CITY HALL Donegal Square Belfast, Ireland BT1 5GS Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes

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