Memorial for Belfast Blitz victims planned for 80th anniversary

A "substantial" offer of funding, he said, has already been made by the Northern Ireland War Memorial.

Buoy Park, he said, was now in need of reanimation and would benefit from a replacement feature for the departing buoys.

"For all these reasons, it is therefore proposed that a Blitz memorial at this location is considered as an emerging project for the capital programme in the coming financial year," he said.

"The immediate issue is to get a budget line agreed in committee for an amount, perhaps £50,000, to be slotted into the forthcoming financial year's expenditure," said Mr Dudgeon.

While a number of smaller memorials to the Blitz, including plaques, have already been erected around Belfast, Mr Dudgeon said he still believes a "full" memorial is needed.

Speaking at last night's council meeting, Councillor Dudgeon said there was "no central memorial with the names of all those who died in the Blitz, no single site for remembrance". He added that it might be possible to "incorporate the victims' names, street names and locations".

The motion, seconded by Alderman Pat Convery, was referred to the Strategic Policy and Resources Committee.

Belfast Telegraph