February 21, 2019
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Brothers in arms -
The MacDermotts of Belmont
Three “sons of the Manse” served in WW1. Two survived. They were the sons of Rev John McDermott DD, and Mrs Lydia Allan McDermott of Belmont.
The Reverend John MacDermott was the Minister of Belmont Presbyterian Church during the war years and the family lived at Sydenham Avenue and later Belmont Church Road.
John Clarke MacDermott
Machine Gun Corps. Lieutenant. MC. The Rt Hon The Lord MacDermott PC, MC, LLD was President of QUB Services Club in 1969. John Mac Dermott enlisted as a Private with the Royal Irish Rifles before being commissioned in the Machine Gun
Page 1 February 21, 2019 Corps. He served with the Machine Gun Corps in France, Belgium and Germany