| National Memorial Arboretum at Staffordshire |
| Thanks to Stella from Derbyshire
for these photographs of the Ulster Ash Grove in the National Memorial
Arboretum at Alrewas in Staffordshire, taken on 12th June 2007. The Grove contains a boulder from each county in Northern Ireland and seven different varieties of Ash have been planted to commemorate members of the security forces who have been killed in the conflict in Northern Ireland since 1969. |
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ROLL OF HONOUR 1920 - 1970 DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE ULSTER SPECIAL CONSTABULARY OFFICERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY. County Commandmant Lt. Col. MF Hammond-Smith M.C. Sub District Commandment J Farnham W Nimmons Assistant Staff Officer R M Boyce Special Head Constable A Compton M.C. A Ross G McDonald Sergeant Instructor J Millar Special Sergeants S Nixon W Gordon A Ross W J Dougherty H French H L McCracken A McFeeters |
| 1920 Special Constables 1970 |
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| R W Compson | T McNeill | T Hall |
| W J McFarland | H Gabbie | W R Johnston |
| J Cummins | W Chermside | R J Cardwell |
| R W McMahon | T R Cunningham | E D Hegarty |
| J Fluke | W Lyttle | T J Hunter |
| G C Graham | C McFadden | J Murray |
| C V Volkes | J Harper | R Black |
| R Coulter | D Allen | T Hume |
| A Kirkpatrick | J Lewis | W Liggett |
| J Hall | S Hayes | R McDowell |
| S Laird | D Johnstone | J Skillen |
| G Lyness | D Richmond | T Cochrane |
| G Chittick | J E Plump | D Surgenor |
| T Sturdy | D E Friars | J Russell |
| R Armstrong | J McInnes | G B Johnston |
| D Torrens | F MacGeagh | G V Kidd |
| A Craig | S Neill | W Campbell |
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ROLL OF HONOUR 1970 - 1999 DEDICATED TO FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ULSTER SPECIAL CONSTABULARY WHO WERE MURDERED AS A RESULT OF TERRORISM. Sub District Commandments S V Montgomery C Armstrong J.P. J Wilson G W Saunderson M Boyd Platoon Sergeant H McConville Special Sergeants C Neville R Walker T Cochrane M Crawford H D B Sinnamon S J McConnell T Armstrong R Harrison I Anderson T McCreat S J Clarke J McFadden |
| 1970 Special Constables 1999 |
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| F H Irwin | J Bell | J McClelland |
| A A Abercrombie | H Creighton | A A Woods |
| V Morrow | T Bullock | R Keys |
| R Latimer | R T Moffet | W J Heenan |
| I Toombs | W R McKee | L McCormick |
| W J Donnelly | C Graham | J Moore |
| J Robinson | A A Beacom | J McFadden |
| T R Graham | J Eagleson | S McKane |
| R Williamson | R C Campbell | R J McCreedy |
| W J A Beacom | R D Bennett | K Smyth |
| R J Frazier | J A Graham | M Crawford |
| J McKee | T W Harkness | H Dickson |
| C Henning | W T Graham | S Porter |
| R Freeburn | D Halligan | F Irwin |
| R Lockhart | A D Cooper | W J Clarke |
| W H Corrigan | W J E Boyd | H Sinnomon |
| W J F Howe | M B Robinson | W D W Murphy |
| J Hazlett | G Shaw | D Ead |
| F Morton | J Elliot | S Watt |
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1970 Special Constables 1999 W D Wilson W H Turbitt W Graham G McCall C Spence W J McKee G Gunning J Lemmon M Robinson A Lambe F Morton N McConnell J McCarroll J Reid J Johnston H Anderson T J McCreedy W Herron G Spratt W R McKee J McCullough L Jarvis G Liddle J Hunter T Cush S D Adams S Lundy G Chambers J W Blakely S Donaldson R MacAuley W R Crooks A Donaldson J M Rodgers W E Shiells S J Clarke T I McClinton G S Gibson W Finlay T G McCall W J McIlveen J Ferguson G Cathcart H G Kernaghan W D G Hutchison J W McVitty H H Martin R Miller T Cooke N Annett J Hood J Eagleson T J Oldman S Kirkpatrick I Hillen A Burleigh W J Martin |
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1970 Special Constables 1999 N McCoo J Alexander R Henderson S J Milligan T Greenfield D Johnstone J Murphy S D Holmes C B Bassett G E Connor J A White S Irwin H Martin H O'Hare Law J C Greene A T Rickerby W Finlay J Lyons J Megarrity J Cooke J Irwin A Roulston W Campbell W Cairnside T W Dobson J M Duff H Stewart T Russell W J Higginson J Cummings W Mitchell W M Howe W Graham S Young J McCombe E Nixon S Gilbert J Thompson T Steen W J Hunter A Kenwell T Sheridan J J Fitzsimons J R McCullogh S Hamilton W T Mcknight M.M. A Hamilton J Abraham |
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IN MEMORIAM IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE ROYAL ULSTER CONSTABULARY GC THE ARMED FORCES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN THE SERVICE OF THE CROWN WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE CAUSE OF PEACE IN NORTHERN IRELAND 1969 - 2001 |
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The Ulster Ash Grove The Ulster Ash Grove has been planted as a living tribute to the members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary GC, the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve, the Armed Forces, and other organisations in the service of the Crown, who lost their lives as a result of Irish Terrorism between 1969 and 2001. The trees planted within this Ash Grove represent lives lost in the cause of peace in Northern Ireland, and these form an ever changing backdrop to the stone circle and granite pillar. The circle contains one block of stone from each County and they are placed to form a symbolic map of Northern Ireland. The stones enclose a simple granite pillar and form a small tranquil place with seats where you are invited to rest and remember those who gave their lives in the service of the people of Northern Ireland. In grateful memory of the men and women of the Royal Ulster Constabulary GC, the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve, the Armed Forces and other organisations in the service of the Crown who laid down their lives in the cause of peace in Northern Ireland. |