Published privately by the author in 2011, 162 pages. Paperback (N4570)
Ballycastle is a small town in County Antrim in Northern Ireland, and this book provides a fascinating (and detailed) account of the men from the town who fought and died during the First World War. The men fought in regiments in the British Army such as the Royal Irish Rifles and the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, and the book lists each of the men in turn, together with what biographical details are known, and accounts of their wartime experiences.
From the introduction, as written by the author: I had been thinking of researching the War Memorial in Ballycastle for many years but had always put it off and did another one. Now that I have all the other War Memorials done there is no alternative but to get on with it. One of the reasons for the delay was the number of names missing from the memorial in Ballycastle and the fact that no memorial exists to remember the men from Ballintoy or Cushendun and Cushendall who lost their lives. Also there were men washed ashore from shipwrecks who were not remembered there either. They all needed to be included. Many of the Ballycastle families appear to have died out or left the district but those that I did find have been very helpful and could not do enough.
The condition of the book is generally very good. The covers have one or two very minor scuffs but are clean and bright, the spine is tight and intact, and all pages are cleam, intact, unblemished and tightly bound.
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