The plaque was erected in late March – early April 1920. It was unveiled by Miss Coey of Larne. The plaques lists the names of 13 men who served and one who died, Private Robert Davison.
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The memorial reads:
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This tablet was placed here by the members of the congregation to perpetuate the memory of the men connected with this church who nobly responded to the call of duty and fought for King and country in the Great War.
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Isaac Brown, I.C.R.C. (International Committee for the Red Cross?), from Aughagaskin, plate layer
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Gunner John Brown, Royal Garrison Artillery, Siege Artillery
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Private John Brown, 10th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, from Dunamoney
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Private John K Craig, 11th Queen’s Regiment, from Luney, Desertmartin
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Corporal James Kennedy Crossett, 9th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, from Carmain
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Private Robert Foster, 9th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, from Killyfaddy
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Lieutenant Thomas Houston M.C., 10th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, from Magherafelt
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Private Joseph W Hunter, 9th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, from Magherafelt
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Lieutenant William M Hunter, North Irish Horse, from Magherafelt
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Private James Magill, RCC, Royal Engineers, from Rainey Street
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Private Malcolm Magill, Military Medal, 10th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, from Rainey Street
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Corporal Thomas Magill, Tank Corps, from Rainey Street
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James Palmer, R.I.F. (Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers?)
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Lieutenant Thomas Houston received the Military Cross.
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Private Malcolm Magill received the Military Medal in the same encounter for which John Harte and Thomas McIlroy received their Military Medals.
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From the Mid Ulster Mail dated Saturday 7th April 1945: Twenty Five years Ago (27th March and 3rd April 1920)
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The memorial tablet in Union Road Presbyterian Church, Magherafelt, in memory of fourteen young men of the congregation who joined up for the war was unveiled by Miss Coey of Larne.
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