LOVE Family war memorial.

To the glory of God and to the memory of

George LOVE. Sergeant 7245, 2nd Royal Irish Rifles died 30th September 1916 aged 34. on of Robert James and Rachel Love, of Scotch Street, Downpatrick, Co. Down. At rest in Puchevillers British Cemetery, Somme, France.

John LOVE. Sergeant 18106, 13th Royal Irish Rifles, died 1st July 1916 aged 30. Son of Robert James and Rachel Love, of Scotch Street, Downpatrick, Co. Down. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France

William LOVE. Sergeant 6672, 1st Royal Irish Rifles died 10th May 1919 aged 31. Son of Robert James and Rachel Love, of Scotch St., Downpatrick, Co. Down. At rest in Down Cathedral New Cemetery, Downpatrick, Northern Ireland.
His army record shows that he joined up on the 20th February 1902 at Belfast. He served in India from the 27th November 1903 to 22nd October 1912. Served in France from the 16th August 1914 to 28th October 1914 then he returned to England. The sent back to France on the 31st May 1916 to 23rd December 1916. On the 26th October 1914 he was shot in is upper hip, which hip, was not recorded. He was then invalided to England for treatment. When he returned to France he went sick about September 1916 while at the Somme. He was complaining of a pain in his side and when was also coughing. He was admitted He was admitted to a hospital in France and then invalided to England. A medical report by a doctor in Belfast Military Hospital shows that his disability was Pulmonary Tuberculosis. A sputum swab was taken and is proved positive for Tuberculosis. He was medically discharged from the army on the 23rd July 1917 as being no longer physically fit for war service under Para 392 (XVI) Kings Regulations.

Samuel Alexander LOVE. Sapper 28462, 26th Field Company, Royal Engineers died 8th April 1916 aged 23. Son of Robert James and Rachel Love, of Scotch Street., Downpatrick, Co. Down. Records on Ancestry relating to Love, 24862 shows that his middle name is Alexander, CWGC have Abiah. He is at rest St. Patricks Cemetery, Loos, Pas de Calais, France

Who gave their lives for King and Country in the Great War 1914 - 1918.
" It is not the length of existence that counts but what is achieved during that existence however short "
Erected by their family.
This memorial is in Down Cathedral, Downpatrick, Northern Ireland.