CHRIST CHURCH – ARDKEEN PARISH

THANKS BE TO GOD WHO GIVETH US THE VICTORY

(1 Corinthians 15:57)

THOSE WHO SERVED

Stoker	William J Polley	Royal Navy	1914 – 1918
Private	William Bailie	Royal Engineers	1914 – 1918
Private	Samuel A Martin	36th Ulster Division	1914 – 1918
Able Seaman	Thomas Love	Royal Navy	1925 – 1950
Sergeant	James A Martin	Royal Artillery	1935 – 1967
Bos’n	William Thompson	Merchant Navy	1939 – 1945
Able Seaman	Thomas Adair	Royal Navy	1939 – 1945
Able Seaman	David Young	Merchant Navy	1939 – 1945
Coxwain	George M Young	Merchant Navy	1939 – 1945
Chief Petty Officer	Harold N Walters	Royal Navy	1939 – 1945
Flight Lieutenant	James Agnew	Royal Air Force	1939 – 1945
Sergeant	Fernlea A Jefford	Royal Air Force	1939 – 1946
Corporal	Annie Martin	Army Territorial Service	1939 – 1947
Gunner	Samuel Pyper	Royal New Zealand Artillery	1940 – 1945
Private	Thomas Pyper	Royal New Zealand Rifles	1940 – 1945
Corporal	Alex Maginnis	Royal Air Force Regiment	1941 – 1945
Flight Lieutenant	Anthony F Croley	Royal Air Force	1941 – 1946
Wing Commander	Joe Maclean MBE	Royal Air Force	1943 – 1976
Chief Petty Officer	Kelvin W Tanton	Royal Navy	1946 – 1959
Corporal	Robert Palmer	Royal Air Force	1951 – 1956
Sergeant	William H H Meharg	Irish Guards – UDR	1958 – 1993

THIS MEMORIAL TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE SELECT VESTRY AND MEMBERS OF THE PARISH IN DEEPEST APPRECIATION TO ALL THOSE WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN THE ABOVE CONFLICTS

NOVEMBER 1998

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF

Edmund John Armstrong, died 12-10-1870, buried Old Cemetery, Monkstown, Co Dublin

His wife Jane, daughter of Rev Henry Savage of Glastry, died 3-1-1880, buried Monkstown

Their sons:

Henry Savage, died an infant 31-7-1840, buried Mount Jerome

Edmund John, died 24-2-1865, buried Monkstown

Their daughter Ann Eliza, married Capt W T Croft 65^th Regt., died 29-1-1930

Buried Tonbridge

Their son George Francis Savage-Armstrong (The Poet) died 24-7-1906

Buried St Mary’s Ardkeen

His wife Marie Elizabeth, died 29-8-1939, buried St Mary’s Ardkeen

Their sons:

Francis Savage Nesbitt Savage-Armstrong

1^st South Staffordshire Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel, DSO

South Africa 1901 – 1902

1^st Ypres 1914

Neuve Chapelle 1915

Wounded Festubert 16 May 1915

Killed Arras 23 April 1917

John Raymond Savage-Armstrong

Captain, Leinster Regiment

Wounded Hill 60 near Ypres 21 April 1915

Their daughter Arabella Guendolen, V.A.D. 1914-1918 War, died 20-8-1952

Buried St Mary’s Ardkeen

PORT AFTER STORMY SEAS; REST AFTER TOIL

MY PEACE I GIVE UNTO YOU