MORE than 300 Dublin Orangemen who fought during the First World War have been commemorated on a roll of honour which is to go on public display in Belfast.
The memorial was donated to the Museum of Orange Heritage in Belfast by current members of Dublin and Wicklow LOL 1313, which draws its membership from across the Republic and is supported by members from Northern Ireland.
It recalls more than 300 Orangemen from Dublin who fought in the First World War, and includes the names of 32 who lost their lives in the conflict.
Amongst those commemorated on the roll of honour is Lance Corporal S Dubery, who was killed just eight days after being sent to the front, losing his life in August 1914 during the Battle of Mons.
Ulster Unionist Belfast councillor Chris McGimpsey, who is the worshipful master of Dublin and Wicklow LOL 1313, and who is currently compiling a history of the Orange Order in Dublin, said that that the roll had been hung "in a corner of the Dublin lodge room for decades".
He said: "We believed it should be made more accessible to a wider audience, and so it was decided to have it restored and a replica made. The Orange museum is the most suitable environment for an historical military artefact of such significance."
It is is estimated that 200,000 Orangemen from across the world fought for the Allied cause during the First World War.
