ETERNAL HONOUR GIVE HAIL – AND IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS AND FAREWELL – TO THOSE WHO DIED IN MEN OF THE BELFAST SHIPYARD THAT FULL SPLENDOUR OF HEROIC WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR PRIDE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. 1914 ~ 1918 Sergeant James McKinstry Rifleman George Burns Lance-Corporal John Lynn Private William John McClune (McClun) of Lisavon Street in the Victoria Ward was serving of Nile Street in the Dock Ward was serving with of Spamount Street in the Dock Ward was serving of Cumberland Street in the Woodvale Ward was with 15th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles when he was 9th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles when he was with 5th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers serving with 2nd Garrison Battalion Royal Irish Killed in Action on 26th March 1918, aged 36, and is Killed in Action on 1st July 1916, aged 34, and is when he was Killed in Action on 15th August Fusiliers when he Died of Cardiac Disease on 15th commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, France commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France. 1915, aged 22, and is buried in Azmak Cemetery, August 1918, aged 45, and is buried in Belfast City Sergeant William Stephenson (Stevenson) Rifleman David Hopkins Suvla, Turkey. Cemetery, Northern Ireland. of Fitzwilliam Street in the Windsor Ward was of Winchester Street in the Shankill Ward Lance-Corporal George Allen Private Thomas Faulkner serving with 14th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles when was serving with 9th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles of Jersey Street in the Shankill Ward was serving of Somerset Street in the Ormeau Ward was he was Killed in Action on 6th April 1916, aged when he was Killed in Action on 1st July 1916, with 8th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers serving with 1st Battalion Irish Guards when 25, and is buried in Hamel Military Cemetery, aged 32, and is commemorated on the Thiepval when he was Killed in Action on 16th August 1917, he was Killed in Action on 19th May 1915, aged Beaumont-Hamel, France. Memorial, France. aged 24, and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot 32, and is commemorated on the Le Touret Sergeant Robert Swann Rifleman James Young Memorial, Belgium. Memorial, France. of Ballyclare Street in the Clifton Ward was serving of Glencollyer Street in the Duncairn Ward was Lance-Corporal John Johnston Walker Private John Gilliland with 15th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles when he Died serving with 9th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles when of Ambrose Street in the Dock Ward was serving of Bryson Street in the Pottinger Ward was serving of Wounds (Prisoner of War) on 12th April 1918, he was Killed in Action on 3rd January 1916, aged with 11th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers with 4th Battalion Guards Machine Gun Regiment aged 21, and is buried in Sains-Du-Nord Communal 25, and is buried in Sucrerie Military Cemetery, when he was Killed in Action on 4th November when he Died at No. 8 General Hospital on 9th Cemetery, France. Colincamps, France. 1916, aged 26, and is buried in Pond Farm May 1918, aged 25, and is buried in Bois-Guillaume Corporal William Nicholl Rifleman Thomas Henry Bothwell Cemetery, Belgium. Communal Cemetery Extension, France. of Legane Street in the Shankill Ward was serving of Mill Row in Dunmurry was serving with 9th The memorial was commissioned by Frank Workman (co-founder of this Stoker 1st Class Alexander Mairs Private Thomas Mercer Smyth with 15th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles when he was Battalion Royal Irish Rifles when he was Killed in shipyard) and his wife, Sara, in memory of their only son, Edward (Ted), and of Gracehill in County Antrim was serving with of Weir Street in the Shankill Ward was serving with Killed in Action on 1st July 1916, aged 22, and is Action on 4th June 1916, aged 38, and is buried in the officers and men of the Belfast Shipyard (fondly known as “The Wee Yard”) HMS Hawke Royal Navy when he was Killed in 1/5th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders when he was commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France. Authuile Military Cemetery, France. who fell in the Great War. It was constructed by Purdy and Millard of Howard Action on 15th October 1914, aged 29, and Killed in Action on 18th September 1916, aged 18, is commemorated on the Chatham Naval and is buried in Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Corporal William James Pelan Rifleman Robert Dowey Street and Sophia Rosamond Praeger RA provided the terracotta relief of Ted of Upper Canning Street in the Duncairn Ward served with 9th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles Memorial, England. Armentieres, France. was serving with "X" 49th Trench Mortar Battery – death details have not been identified. Workman as the centrepiece and three relief panels. At time of unveiling it listed Stoker 1st Class William Greer Private James Burns Royal Garrison Artillery when he was Killed in Rifleman James McCollam (McCallum) details of 122 men of the Workman Clark yard who gave their lives in the war. of Cluan Place in the Pottinger Ward was serving of Holywood Road in the Victoria Ward was serving Action on 29th September 1916, aged 28, and is of Peveril Street in the Cromac Ward was serving Later additions increased the memorial’s final total to 136 men, although recent with HMS Hawke Royal Navy when he was with 1/5th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders when buried in Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuille, France. with 10th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles when he was research indicates that nearly 100 men who lost their lives were associated Killed in Action on 15th October 1914, aged 24, he Died of Wounds at No. 42 Casualty Clearing and is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Station on 19th May 1916, aged 30, and is buried in Lance-Corporal Edward Sutherland Killed in Action on 24th November 1915, aged with Workman Clark before the war. In addition, in excess of 20 men died in of Lisbon Street in the Pottinger Ward was serving 24, and is buried in Sucrerie Military Cemetery, Memorial, England. Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, France. with 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles when he Colincamps, France. workplace accidents in this shipyard during the war period. Ordinary Seaman Robert George Dilworth Private William Hamilton Clegg was Killed in Action on 1st July 1916, aged 30, Rifleman David Washington Craig of Sheriff Street in the Pottinger Ward was serving of Sturgeon Street in the St. George's Ward was and is buried in Aveluy Communal Cemetery of Hunter Street in the St. George's Ward was The memorial was unveiled by Sir Edward Carson on 8th August 1919 and was originally with HMS Recruit Royal Navy when he was Killed serving with 1st Battalion Cameron Highlanders Extension, France. serving with 10th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles when situated in a prominent position on the right-hand side of the main entrance to the in Action on 9th August 1917, aged 18, and is when he was Killed in Action on 16th November Lance-Corporal William McIlroy he was Killed in Action on 15th August 1916, aged Workman Clark head offices in their North Yard. The men would have passed the commemorated on the Plymouth Naval 1917, aged 22, and is commemorated on the Tyne Memorial, England. Cot Memorial, Belgium. of Aberdeen Street in the Woodvale Ward was 28, and is buried in Ration Farm (La Plus Douve) memorial every day on their way to work. When the Wee Yard closed in 1935, the main serving with 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Rifles when Annexe, Belgium. Gunner William Atkinson Private James Kennedy McClurg (McClung) part of the memorial was relocated to the Pumphouse, where it stands today. Sadly, over he was Killed in Action on 16th June 1915, aged 31, Rifleman William Stewart of Douglas Street in the Ormeau Ward was serving of Crimea Street in the Shankill Ward was serving and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) of Ravenhill Road in the Ormeau Ward was the intervening century, severe erosion had made it impossible to read many of the with 50th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery with 1/6th Battalion Highland Light Infantry Memorial, Belgium. serving with 13th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles names. In 2019, a project was initiated to protect the memorial and ensure the names of when he was Killed in Action on 9th March 1917, when he Died of Wounds at No. 3 Casualty Lance-Corporal James Henry Robinson when he was Killed in Action on 16th August 1917, all of the 136 fallen were again known. aged 40, and is buried in Assevillers New British Clearing Station on 28th August 1918, aged 27, of Chichester Street in the Clifton Ward was serving aged 20, and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Cemetery, France. and is buried in Bagneux British Cemetery, with 6th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles when he was Memorial, Belgium. Signaller William Patrick Gezaincourt, France. Killed in Action on 10th August 1915, aged 17, Rifleman Thomas Mercer served with the Royal Engineers – death details Private William John Lemon and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, of Culcavey near Hillsborough was serving with have not been identified. of North Queen Street in the Duncairn Ward was Gallipoli, Turkey. 13th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles when he was Sapper Arthur John Hamilton Cree serving with 2nd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers Lance-Corporal William Henry Ashe Killed in Action on 28th June 1916, aged 38, and is of Limestone Road in the Duncairn Ward was when he was Killed in Action on 10th November of Connswater Street in the Victoria Ward buried in Martinsart British Cemetery, France. serving with 17th Field Company Royal Engineers 1917, aged 24, and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.