Longueval Cementary

Longueval was the scene of furious fighting in 1916, lasting from 14 to 29 July, when the village was cleared by the 5th Division. It was lost in March 1918, and retaken by the 38th (Welsh) Division and the Carabineers on 28 August 1918. Longueval Road Cemetery was begun in September 1915, near a dressing stations known as "Longueval Alley", or "Longueval Water Point". It was used until January 1917, but further burials were made in August and September 1918.At the Armistice, the cemetery contained 171 graves and others were brought in from a wide area round Longueval in 1923-24. Longueval Road Cemetery now contains 222 burials and commemorations of the First World War, 48 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to three soldiers known or believed to be buried among them. There is also one German burial in the cemetery.  

Cookstown War Memorial is located in the centre of William Street. Over 1000 men from Cookstown and district had answered the call of duty. The names of 120 of the fallen are inscribed on the Cenotaph. It is built of silver grey granite from the Moore quarry, Newry, and stands, 17 feet (5.3m) high, on a granite base 9 feet 9 inches (3.1m) by 7 feet 3 inches, (2.3m) which is surrounded by a concrete step, 14 feet (4.25m) by 12 feet (3.9m).  Panels bearing the names of the fallen in relief, one on the east and one on the west side, are of Castleduff limestone. The tablets are illuminated at night by two flambeaux electrically lighted, and on the narrow sides of the cenotaph are wreaths, with the dates of the commencement and conclusion of the great war. The south side bears the inscription,
 “Our glorious dead." On the panels facing east and west is inscribed:- "In grateful memory of the men from Cookstown and district who in the great war gave their lives for freedom.”