FIRST WORLD WAR
THIS TABLET HAS BEEN PLACED HERE BY THE MEMBERS OF SECOND COMBER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH TO PERPETUATE THE GALLANT AND PATRIOTIC ACTION OF THE BRAVE MEN OF THIS CONGREGATION WHO VOLUNTARILY ENLISTED AND FOUGHT IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919 IN DEFENCE OF KING AND COUNTRY AND THE CAUSE OF JUSTICE AND LIBERTY.
MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
Lieutenant S M Geddis
Sergeant W J Brown
Lance Corporal James Patterson
Private John Allen
Private David Coey
Private Thomas Coey
Private William Coleman
Private John Donaldson
Private James Donaldson
Private Samuel Donaldson
Private J Edgar Drake
Private James Gabbey
Private John Haire
Private R J Ireland
Private Hugh Kelly
Private Robert Marshall
Private J H McBratney
Private John McCutcheon
Private John McIlveen
Private W H McIlveen
Private Robert Orr
Private D J Smith
SERVED
| Lieutenant Colonel | S H Withers MD | Private | Alex Barry | Private | Samuel Herron | Private | Alex McIlveen | |||
| Lieutenant | D J Murray | Private | Charles Bassett | Private | William Herron | Private | James McMorran | |||
| Lieutenant | H McConnell | Stoker | Andrew Bassett | Private | William Ireland | Private | John Press | |||
| Second Lieutenant | G L Murray | Private | Hugh Bennett | Private | John Keilty | Private | William Purdy | |||
| S Sergeant | Albert Herron | Private | Harry Bowman | Private | Hugh Kelly | Private | John Quinn | |||
| Sergeant | John Bennett | Private | James Boyd | Private | James Kelly | Private | Robert Rodney | |||
| Sergeant | William Bennett | Private | George Campbell | Private | Samuel Lundy | Private | Hugh Seales | |||
| Sergeant | Joseph Brown | Private | William Cannavan | Private | James Maguire | Snr PO | W J Seales | |||
| Sergeant | Samuel Lowry | Private | John Clarke | Private | Samuel Maitland | Private | James Savage | |||
| Sergeant | J H Montgomery | Private | W C Coulter | Private | Robert Mawhinney | Private | William Semple | |||
| Sergeant | Harry Wilson | Private | J E Coulter | Private | Thomas Maxwell | Private | Hugh Smith | |||
| Corporal | William Lowry | Private | Robert Crawford | Engineer | James Mohan | Private | Samuel Smith | |||
| Lance Corporal | Thomas Allen | Private | Robert Dempster | Private | Robert Morgan | Private | Thomas Smith | |||
| Lance Corporal | James Blackstock | Private | William Donaldson | Private | W J Montgomery | Private | Samuel Speers | |||
| Lance Corporal | David Brown | Private | S D Drake | Private | John McAllister | Private | James Wallace | |||
| Lance Corporal | Harry Drain | Private | Hugh Dunseath | Private | Robert McAllister | Private | John Wallace | |||
| Lance Corporal | William O’Prey | Private | Joseph Glover | Private | Samuel McAllister | Private | R Watt | |||
| Private | John Allen | Private | William Glover | Private | Samuel McBratney | Private | William Withers | |||
| Private | James Alexander | Private | John Graham | OS | Robert McClurg | Private | John Wright Sen | |||
| Stoker | John Anderson | Private | Matthew Hedley | Private | James McCutcheon | Private | John Wright Jun |
Presbyterian Church in Ireland Roll of Honour
| Alexander | James | Comber | Trooper | N.I.H. | |
| Allen | John | Comber | Rifleman | 13th R.I.R. | Killed |
| Allen | John | Comber | Private | 3rd Border Regt. | |
| Allen | Thomas | Comber | Rifleman | 13th R.I.R. | |
| Anderson | John | Comber | Stoker | R.N. | |
| Barry | Alexander | Comber | Bandsman | 13th R.I.R. | Wounded |
| Basset | James | Comber | Rifleman | 18th R.I.R. | Wounded |
| Bennet | Andrew | Comber | 1st Class Stoker | Naval Brigade | Wounded |
| Bennet | John | Comber | Sergeant | R.F.A. | |
| Bennet | William | Comber | Sergeant | 13th R.I.R. | Wounded |
| Blackstock | James | Comber | Lance-Corporal | A.S.C. | |
| Bowman | Harry | Comber | Rifleman | 13th R.I.R. | Wounded |
| Boyd | James | Comber | Private | 19th R.I.R. | |
| Brown | David | Comber | Private | 13th R.I.R. | Wounded |
| Brown | William J. | Comber | Sergeant | 13th R.I.R. | Killed |
| Brown | Joseph | Comber | Sergeant | 13th R.I.R. | Wounded |
| Campbell | George | Comber | Private | 18th R.I.R. | |
| Cannavan | William | Comber | Private | R.E. | |
| Clarke | John | Comber | Rifleman | 13th R.I.R. | |
| Coey | Thomas | Comber | Rifleman | 13th R.I.R. | Killed |
| Coleman | William | Comber | Rifleman | 13th R.I.R. | Wounded |
| Crawford | Robert | Comber | Bandsman | 13th R.I.R. | Wounded |
| Donaldson | Comber | Private | R.M.L.I., Collingwood, Home Fleet | ||
| Donaldson | James | Comber | Rifleman | 13th R.I.R. | Killed |
| Donaldson | John | Comber | Rifleman | 13th R.I.R. | Killed |
| Donaldson | Samuel | Comber | Rifleman | 13th R.I.R. | Killed |
| Drain | Harry | Comber | Corporal | 18th R.I.R. | |
| Dunseith | Hugh | Comber | Rifleman | 13th R.I.R. | Wounded |
| Gabbey | Hugh | Comber | Private | 18th R.I.R. | |
| Gabbey | James | Comber | Private | 12th R.I. Fus. | Wounded |
| Gabbey | W. | Comber | Private | 3rd Irish Guards | |
| Geddis | S. M. | Comber | 2nd Lieutenant | Army Cyclist Corps | Wounded |
| Glover | Joseph | Comber | Private | 18th R.I.R. | |
| Glover | William | Comber | Private | 13th R.I.R. | Wounded |
| Graham | John | Comber | Rifleman | 13th R.I.R. | |
| Hare | James | Comber | Rifleman | 13th R.I.R. | Killed |
| Hedley | Matthew | Comber | Private | R.E. | |
| Herron | Albert | Comber | Sergeant | A.S.C. | |
| Herron | Samuel | Comber | Rifleman | 13th R.I.R. | |
| Herron | William | Comber | Trooper | N.I.H. | |
| Ireland | William | Comber | Bandsman | 13th R.I.R. | |
| Keilty | John | Comber | Private | R.A.M.C. | |
| Kelly | Hugh | Comber | Private | 18th R.I.R. | Killed |
| Kelly | James | Comber | Rifleman | 17th R.I.R. | Wounded |
| Lowry | Samuel | Comber | Sergeant | 3rd H.L.I. | Wounded |
| Lowry | William | Comber | Corporal | R.E. | D.C.M. |
| Lundy | Samuel | Comber | Rifleman | 18th R.I.R. | |
| Maguire | James | Comber | Private | 18th R.I.R. | Wounded |
| Maitland | Samuel | Comber | Rifleman | 13th R.I.R. | Wounded |
| Marshall | Robert | Comber | Rifleman | 13th R.I.R. | |
| Mawhinney | Robert | Comber | Rifleman | 13th R.I.R. | |
| Maxwell | Thomas | Comber | Driver | 14th R.I.R. | Wounded |
| Moham | James | Comber | 4th Engineer | Hospital Ship | |
| Morgan | Robert | Comber | Rifleman | 18th R.I.R. | |
| Murray | D. J. | Comber | 2nd Lieutenant | 16th Liverpool Regt. | |
| Murray | George | Comber | Rifleman | 13th R.I.R. | Wounded |
| McAllister | John | Comber | Rifleman | 13th R.I.R. | Wounded |
| McAllister | Samuel | Comber | Private | 1st R. In. Fus. | Wounded |
| McBratney | J. H. | Comber | Rifleman | 14th R.I.R. | Killed |
| McBratney | Samuel | Comber | Sapper | R.E. | |
| McClurg | Robert | Comber | Seaman | H.M.S. General Crawford | |
| McConnell | Rev. Thos., B.A. | Comber | Captain | C.F. | |
| McCutcheon | James | Comber | Rifleman | 13th R.I.R. | |
| McCutcheon | John | Comber | Rifleman | 13th R.I.R. | Killed |
| McIlveen | Alexander | Comber | Rifleman | 13th R.I.R. | Wounded |
| McIlveen | John | Comber | Rifleman | 13th R.I.R. | Killed |
| McIlveen | William | Comber | Rifleman | 13th R.I.R. | |
| McMorran | James | Comber | Saddler | No. 7 Depot Coy. | |
| Orr | Robert | Comber | Rifleman | 13th R.I.R. | Killed |
| O’Prey | William | Comber | Trooper | N.I.H. | |
| Patterson | James | Comber | Lance-Corporal | 13th R.I.R. | Killed |
| Purdy | William | Comber | Driver | A.S.C. | |
| Quinn | John | Comber | Private | A.S.C. | |
| Rodney | Robert | Comber | Private | A.S.C. | |
| Savage | James | Comber | Private | Royal Marines | |
| Seales | Hugh | Comber | Driver | A.S.C. | |
| Seales | William J. | Comber | Petty Officer | H.M. Torpedo Boat 29 | |
| Semple | William | Comber | Plumber | H.M.S. Transport | |
| Smyth | David | Comber | Rifleman | 13th R.I.R. | Killed |
| Smyth | Hugh | Comber | Rifleman | 13th R.I.R. | |
| Smyth | Thomas | Comber | Driver | A.S.C. | |
| Smyth | Samuel | Comber | Trooper | N.I.H. | |
| Wallace | James | Comber | Rifleman | 13th R.I.R. | |
| Wallace | John | Comber | Private | R.A.M.C. | |
| Watt | R. | Comber | Private | 18th R.I.R. | |
| Wilson | Harry | Comber | Sergeant | R.I.F. | Gassed |
| Withers | S. H. | Comber | Lt.-Colonel | O.C. 29th General Hospital | |
| Withers | William | Comber | Trooper | N.I.H. | |
| Wright | John | Comber | Private | R.I.R. | |
| COLONIAL FORCES | |||||
| Drake | J. Edgar | Comber | Private | Can. E.F. | |
| Kelly | Hugh | Comber | Lance-Corporal | Can. F.A. | |
| Montgomery | J. H. | Comber | Sergeant | Can. F.A. | |
SECOND WORLD WAR
ROLL OF HONOUR
MEMBERS OF THIS CONGREGATION WHO VOLUNTEERED AND SERVED
IN THE 1939 – 1945 WAR
MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
Signalman Hans Calvert
Sergeant James Shields
Pilot Officer Irwin Taylor
Leading Cook Thomas Wilson
SERVED
| Samuel Allen | Robert Carroll | Robert Heaney | Robert K Patterson |
| William J Anderson | James B Caughey | Robert H Herron | James McK Porter |
| Hector Annett | Walter Caughey | Margaret Herron | Thomas H Porter |
| Thomas W Annett | Robert Clarke | Elizabeth Hunter | |
| James Coey | Robert Rodgers | ||
| Kathleen Bassett | Muriel Coulter | Henry Kelly | William Rowan |
| Frank Bailie | Ethel Kirk | ||
| Andrew Bennett | James Dickson | William J Seales | |
| Gordon Bennett | Hugh Dickson | Elsie Lowry | Alexander Shields |
| Hugh Bennett | Norman G Dickson | Drena Sloan | |
| Jack Bennett | Samuel Dodds | John McAllister | Nevin Sloan |
| Nelson Bennett | Samuel Donaldson | James McDonald | Fred N Smyth |
| Saunders Bennett | Hugh Drain | Norman McDonald | Daniel Spence |
| William Bennett | Salome Dunseath | Robert McGreeghan | |
| Frank Black | James Dunwoody | Joseph McIlveen | Madge Ward |
| Isobel Blackstock | William McMurray | Thomas Watson | |
| Isaac Galway | John Megahey | ||
| Alexander Calvert | Joseph Galway | James Montgomery | |
| David Cannavan | William Gordon | Hamilton Morgan | |
| Robert Cannavan | James Murray | ||
| William Cannavan |