page_title: Robert Rollo Gillespie
section_title: Comber
hierarchical_section_title: Robert Rollo Gillespie / Memorials / Comber
caption_attribution_description: English: The Square of Comber, Co. Down, with the Statue of Gillespie, and the Parish Church.
context_page_description: Major-General Sir Hugh Robert Rollo Gillespie KCB was an officer in the British Army.
context_section_description: A large statue of Major General Sir Robert Rollo Gillespie was constructed under the oversight of John Fraser, the first County Surveyor of Down, and was unveiled on 24 June 1845 (St. John's Day) in  the Town Square of Comber. Fifty lodges of the Masonic Order were present, in what is believed to be the biggest Masonic gathering in Irish history. It was calculated that 25,000 to 30,000 people crowded into the town to witness the ceremony and celebrate the life of "The Strongest Man In Comber". The column is 55 feet high. At the foot of the column are many Masonic symbols and his famous last words "One shot more for the honour of Down".
caption: The Gillespie Memorial
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