List of War Memorials on Isle of Man

[This article first appeared in IoM Family History Soc Journal vol 24 no 1 Feb 2002]

The Imperial War Museum, London, sponsored by the UK National Heritage Memorial Fund have recently announced the completion of the UK National Inventory of War Memorials. This survey also includes those on the Isle of Man, information about which was collected by Roger Christian to whom acknowledgement is made for access to the list from which this summary is made.

The Inventory records the geographical location, physical appearance and wording - it also includes the historical background such as who funded them, designed and unveiled them. The inventory is in the form of a computer database currently holding some 42,000 records collected since the start of the Inventory in 1990. Note that this database does not include data about individual graves The database was publicly launched on 8 November 2001, search terminals are available at the Imperial War Museum and it is hoped via the Internet, to allow searches for specific names.

RoH = Roll of Honour which may record all those who served.

Inventory
No.

Location

specific ?

001

Douglas Promenade

002

Douglas Head

no name

003

Douglas Borough Cemetery

004

Castletown (Market Square)

005

Peel (Cathedral grounds)

006

Ramsey (Parliament Street)

007

Onchan (along A2 road)

010

Port Erin (George Herdman Library)

015

Andreas on green at gateway to church)

016a

Ballaugh (at junction of A3,A10 & C37)

016b

Ballaugh (entry to St Mary's - Ballaugh new church)

account of dedication

017

Jurby (entrance to Churchyard)

019

Arbory (Parish Hall)

1 2nd Lt Henry Stuart Cooil

020

Braddan (grounds on new Kk Braddan)

021

Bride (grounds of Kk Bride)

022

National War Memorial - St John's

024

Lezayre -(corner of Churchtown road, opposite Ballakallinghan)

026

Malew (on A5 opposite Rushen Abbey)

027

Marown (within grounds of New Kk Marown)

028

Maughold (within Maughold churchyard near entrance from Maughold Head)

029

Rushen (within lychgate to Kk Christ Rushen)

no names

030

Santan (at entrance to new churchyard )

account

036

Douglas - IoMSPCo (in foyer of Imperial Buildings; originally in now demolished St Barnabas')

037

Douglas (Manx Museum - framed Roll of Honour)

045

Douglas - Manx Bar (old Courthouse Athol Street)

048

Ramsey (Courthouse)

WW2 1 name

049

Douglas - Post Office (Post Office, Regent Street)

account

050

Douglas (Telephone Exchange)

WW2 2 names

051

King William's College (in grounds near chapel) + 3 plaques inside chapel (1 re Boer War)

052

Douglas - IoM Constabulary (Police Headquarters, Glencrutchery Road)

053

Douglas - Goverment Employees (Crown division, Goverment Buildings, Bucks Road)

054

Douglas - St Mary's Roman Catholic Church (Hill St)

071

Douglas - St Andrew's URC (corner Ballaquayle and Glencrutchery Roads - moved from now demolished St Andrews, Finch Rd

072

Douglas - Finch Hill URC (Bucks Rd) RoH + 2 plaques - current location not known as church demolished

079

Douglas - Methodist Loch Promenade Church (PM) (current location of Wall Tablet not known)+ notice re HMS Valkyrie,1943-6

080

Douglas - Methodist Rosemount (WM) (Trinity Methodist Church Bucks Road)

account

093

Castletown - Methodist (Castletown Methodist Church Arbory Street) 2 plaques one moved from PM in Malew Street

098

Port St. Mary - Methodist Sunday School (PSM Methodist Church inside main recreational hall) - originally in Sunday School High Street (later in Bay View Rd)

102

Croit-e-Caley - Methodist (Croit-e-Caley Methodist Chapel on B33 road) - RoH

104

Ramsey - Methodist (WM) (illuminated window + Brass plate Waterloo Road Church)

118

Lonan (3 plaques inside All Saints Church (New Kk Lonan) - RoH, other Boer War)

Report

119

Laxey -(Christ Church - plaque inside church)

WW2 1 name

120

Peel (inside Cathedral) 4 framed plaques

121

Douglas - St Barnabas (plaque, designed by A Knox) now in entrance foyer at St George's)

122

Douglas - All Saints Church (Selbourne Road/Alexander Drive) (Commemorative windows)

no names

123

Bishopscourt (within onetime St Nicholas' Chapel)

124

Michael (within Kk Michael) 2 plaques (one by A Knox)

125

Ballaugh (within St Mary's New Church)

126

Douglas - St Matthew's (Ridgeway Street/North Quay) (altar inside + outside in form of 2 plaques either side of a crucifix - names mostly lost due to weathering and also vandalism in coating with red paint, lettering by A Knox)

130

Douglas - Nunnery Chapel (Inkermann Memorial, Crimea War, in grounds, RoH + 2 tablets inside chapel

131

Douglas - St Ninian's (Ballaquayle Road) 3 plaques + open book

132

Onchan - St Peter's Church Tablets within Garden of Remembrance next to churchyard + RoH inside church

136

Douglas - St Thomas's (Finch Road) within a mememoral chapel inside the church.

137

Maughold - St Maughold Church

WW2 no names

138

Maughold - Christ Church (Dhoon) window plaque

1 name

139

Patrick - Holy Trinity Church (inside church)

141

Foxdale - St Paul's Church RoH in form of an illuminated display + a plaque to the dead.

142

St John's - St John the Baptist Church (inside church) 2 plaques, one originally in Cronk-y-Voddy Chapel

143

Ramsey - St Paul's Church (inside church) 2 plaques + illuminated display

144

Ramsey - St Olave's (at front of church)

146

Bride - Kirk Bride Church (inside church)

147

Braddan - New Kirk Braddan (inside church + Chapel of Remembrance) RoH

151

Rushen - Holy Trinity Church (inside church) plaque + font dedication (Boer war)

153

Malew - St Mark's (on outside wall)

155

Malew - St Molag Church (on A4) (inside church) Memorial Window + RoH

156

Castletown - St Mary's (deconsecrated now office) - Brass Plaque + memorial to Crimea War death (now in St Mary's on the Harbour)

157

Arbory - St Columba's (inside church) 4 plaques

account

158

Santan - St Sanctain's Church (inside church) plaque + illuminated display

160

Douglas - 15th (IoM) Light A.A. Regiment - Government Buildings (Bucks Road)

WW2

161

Douglas - Public Library (Ridgeway Street) Framed list of names of Townsmen of Douglas

162

Douglas - H.M.S. Valkyrie (Broadcasting House, 'Manx radio', Douglas Head)

WW2 no names

163

Ronaldsway - H.M.S. Urley (inside airport check-in hall)

WW2 no names

164

Douglas - H.M.S. St George (Victoria Road on site of one time Cunningham's Holiday Camp)

WW2 no names

165

Peel - H.M.S. Patrol service ('Weatherglass' corner)

WW2 no name (in English & Manx)

166

Douglas - St Ninian's High School (Bray Hill/Ballaquayle Road) (in Assembly Hall) one carved into wooden lectern, plaque + RoH in book form (by A Knox)

167

Castletown - St Mary's on the Harbour 2 plaques + RoH removed from now deconsecrated St Mary's

168

Union Mills - Memorial Hall (to memory of John Dalrymple Maitland)

169

Douglas - Law Society (20 Athol Street)

170

Douglas - H.M.S. St George - Douglas Borough Crematorium Chapel

WW2 no names

Laxey - Old washing floors

Salisbury Street Methodist Church - WW1 ROH inside office


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Any comments, errors or omissions gratefully received The Editor
© F.Coakley , 2001