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Loyalist mural, Spiers Place, West Belfast, 2018. Mural commemorating UVF members King, Marchant, Hamilton; 'Ordinary People, Extraordinary Roles'; '1st Belfast Battalion UVF This plaque is dedicated to the memory of Lieutenant Colonel Trevor King, died 9th July 1994, Major William (Frenchie) Marchant, died 28th April 1987, Volunteer David Hamilton, Died 17th June 1994. These brave men were killed near this spot by the enemies of Ulster. No sacrifice is too great for one’s country. They paid the ultimate sacrifice. They shall grow not old/as we that are left grow old/Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn/At the going down of the sun and in the morning/We will remember them'; 'You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye/Who cheer when soldier lads march by,/Sneak home and pray you'll never know/The hell where youth and laughter go' (Siegried Sassoon); plaques to King, Marchant, Hamilton; portrait of three on Shankill Rd. Loyalist
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