GC2BRA5 Rocky Memorial (Traditional Cache) in Ulster, Ireland created by Hound of Ulster

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Hidden : 7/12/2010

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Geocache Description:

A quick cache n dash. There is sufficient space for one car to park at the entrance.

Links in with Chimney Rock cache site GC1E76K

Also take a dander down the Rocky Road for some spectacular views over Belfast.

Lisnabreeny American Military Cemetery 1943-1948

In 2005 Castlereagh Borough Council placed a plaque at the site of the former American Military Cemetery. The plaque contains the following information.
“The US Army special Observer group approached the war office in London on the 9th December 1941 to obtain burial grounds for American Forces in the United Kingdom. Two plots were initially set aside for emergency burial in Northern Ireland one in Londonderry and the other in Belfast. The Belfast plot located in the City Cemetery extending to one sixth of an acre was chosen.
The first American servicemen to die in Northern Ireland were three members of the US Navy who lost their lives in an accident at the American Naval base in Londonderry.
The first burial in the City Cemetery plot took place on the 12th March 1942. From the 12th March 1942 to the 7th October 1942 a total of 41 American Service men were interred in the City Cemetery plot. At that stage the plot had reached it’s capacity and it was decided to ship deceased personnel across to England for internment till an alternative could be found.
On the 2nd December 1943 a ten and a half acre plot of land at Rocky Road was officially opened as Lisnabreeny American Military cemetery. It was decided to relocate all the deceased personnel to this new site.
Between the 23rd May 1944 and the 1st June 1944 all of the forty-one bodies previously interred in the City Cemetery were exhumed and reinterred at Lisnabreeny. By the end of the war a total of 148 American Servicemen were buried in Lisnabreeny American Cemetery the majority of the number being Army Air force but including the US Army and US Navy personnel too.
The cemetery was accessed by a red brick entrance with iron gates on the Rocky Road. A white gravel driveway lined with Cherry trees led to a Flagstaff with Stars and Stripes hoisted daily. The graves were laid out in rows with twenty-five to each row and each grave had a simple white mark either a Cross or a Star of David depending on religious denomination bearing name rank and date of death.
The cemetery was looked after by five U.S personnel with the minimum of two on duty at any one time. A Nissan type hut was located at the site to provide storage for official space for maintenance equipment and cemetery records.
The cemetery was maintained to a very high standard with grass regularly mown, trees and shrubs clipped and pruned and the stone path border whitewashed weekly. Following the end of the war the cemetery continued to be maintained right up onto 1948 when all the deceased were exhumed and either transferred to the permanent American War Cemetery in Cambridge or repatriated to the United States at the request of their families. At this point the cemetery was deactivated and all now that remained to indicate it was once there is the red brick gateway on the Rocky Road.
On the 8th May 2005 Castlereagh Borough Council formally recognised the site with the Mayor of Castlereagh Councillor Joanne Bunting presiding over a service of dedication, which was attended by the US Consul General, members of Castlereagh Borough Council and invited dignitaries.”

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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

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