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The Memorial Custodian who is responsible for "Palace Barracks & "The Felix Memorial Garden" he will now design a Memorial Garden for those killed while serving with 16 Air Assault Brigade ... read more

Important Security Notice
Visiting the Palace Barracks Memorial Garden Any member of the public or families and friends of those Servicemen and Women who lost their lives in all conflicts, who wish to visit the memorial garden must contact the Memorial Custodian by email or letter at least one month in advance of proposed visit with names, addresses, date of birth and telephone numbers of all those who wish to attend, with-out this information, you will not be admitted. Contact details: Email, memorialgarden@btinternet.com Memorial Custodian Palace Barracks Holywood. BFPO 806

Out Now... The only full colour book dedicated to the Men and Women of the Armed Forces who have lost their lives in Northern Ireland and The Falkland Islands... Read the comments about our Remembrance book in our guest book I have just received my Remembrance Book. An excellent publication....well done Memorial Custodian. Please keep up the good work, what you are doing keeps alive the names of those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. Dave Knew some of the people this book is dedicated to so was pleased to be able to buy it. Trevor Richardson Only available through this website - To order your copy, please click here

A quiet corner of a Holywood Army base has become a poignant place of pilgrimage for the bereaved families of the security force personnel killed in the Troubles and other conflicts around the world...

The immaculately kept one-and-half-acre memorial garden pays tribute to its fallen... please enjoy our website.

The foundations for the one-and-half-acre site of the memorial garden in Palace Barracks were laid in 1994.
The memorial stones themselves are all made from South Africa granite.
The garden and this website is maintained on a voluntary basic.
The custodian and webmaster are both former soldiers.

"The debt was paid without complaint and when words have fallen silent this memorial and the names
on it will continue to speak for all of us".

The above quote was said by; Sandra Willetts, whose husband Sergeant Michael Willetts was awarded the George Cross (Posthumous)

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