St Anne's Cathedral - Belfast Bank Memorial

St Anne’s Cathedral – Belfast Banking Company – The Great War – Memorial Plaque and Window

A brass Memorial Plaque in the North aisle, under this window in St. Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast

Dulce Et Decorum est Pro Patria Mori

Christie, C M, RAMC	Milligan, F A W, 2nd Lieut, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
Collier, R J C, 2nd Lieut, RAF.	McFall, T L, 2nd Lieut, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
Conolly, J H, 2nd Lieut, RMF.	McLean, J A, MC, Lieut, RFA.
Hamilton, J, 2nd Lieut, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.	McMahon, P, 2nd Lieut, Royal Irish Rifles.
Hewitt, W A, 2nd Lieut, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.	O’Kane, P, 2nd Lieut, R I Rifles
Hogarth, H P, Corporal, RE.	Robinson, W W, RDF.
Hunter, W M, 2nd Lieut, Royal Irish Fusiliers.	Somers, W J R, Corporal, Royal Sussex Regiment.
Maguire, F P, 2nd Lieut, Leinster Regiment.	Watson, J, Lieut, Manchester Regiment.
Morris, W O E, 2nd Lieut, King's Liverpool Regiment.

“The above window is erected by the staff of the Belfast Banking Company Ltd in memory of those of their brother officials who died on the field of battle in the Great War 1914”

A 'paper copy' of the window is also held in the Head Office of Northern Bank in Donegall Square West, Belfast.  Following restoration to the frame, it has been installed in the same area as the other memorials.

A fellow researcher has provided me with scans of an article printed in the Belfast News Letter dated 9th December 1918.

Nigel Henderson's very informative website is located here:  Great War Ulster Newspaper Archive

Sir Edward Carson and Lady Carson were present, and there was a very large congregation, including friends of the fallen soldiers and members of the staff of the bank.

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U.V.F. Patriotic Fund

U.V.F. Patriotic Fund

By the early part of 1916 the Ulster Volunteer Force (U.V.F.) command were realising that injured soldiers returning home and their families together with the families of deceased soldiers would need financial assistance.

The Command based at the Old Town Hall, Victoria Street created a U.V.F. Patriotic Fund and advertised for funds in local papers during May 1916.

The first list of subscribers was published in a Belfast Newsletter advertisement / appeal.

It must be noted that the Belfast Banking Company, Northern Banking Company and the Ulster Banking Company each donated £300 to the fund. This equates to £18, 244 as at 21st January 2019.

A Mr J R Bristow donated £25 (£1,520 as at 21st January 2019). He may have been related to the Bristow's who were senior directors of the Northern Banking Company.

Newspaper image courtesy of John McCormick