Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- German
- Town
- St John's
- County
- Isle of Man
- Country
- Isle of Man
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 23 November 1952
Attended by: Lieutenant General Sir George Erskine KBE, CB, DSO. - Dedicated
Date: 23 November 1952
Attended by: The Lord Bishop of Sodor and Mann - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
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Current location
On the rear wall of the South transept of the Chapel
Royal Chapel of St John the Baptist
A1
St John's
German
Isle of Man
IM4 3NA
Isle of Man
OS Grid Ref: SC 27894 81868
Denomination: Church of England
- Previous locations
- MacClellan Hall
Museum of the Manx Regiment
Bucks Road
Tromode
Douglas
Isle Of Man
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined - Territorial Army Hall
Tromode
Douglas
Isle Of Man
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined - Legislative Building
Douglas
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined - Show More (2)
- MacClellan Hall
- Description
- Bronze plaque with ogee arch, on wooden backboard, with white enamelled inscription. The theatres the Regiment were engaged in are inscribed each side of the names. A small brass plaque carrying the badge of the Royal Artillery sits below, beside a framed interpretative sheet.
- Inscription
- TO THE PROUD MEMORY/ OF THE OFFICERS AND MEN/ OF THE 15TH (I.O.M) L.A.A. REGT. R.A. .T.A./ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945/ (names in 5 columns)/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS Left Hand Side: GREAT-BRITAIN/EGYPT/ERITREA/CRETE/ABSYNNIA/LIBYA/CYRENAICA Right Hand Side: TRIPLOITANIA/TUNISIA/ITALY/FRANCE/BELGIUM/HOLLAND/GERMANY
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abbott, H T
Abbott, M
Arbuckle, J D
Atherton, H
Ayres, G H
Bailey, F A
Ball, F H
Beasley, L G
Bell, A
Berston, J E
See details for all 81 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 81
Served and returned: 0
Died: 81
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, rank, regiment
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height C 1200MM, width C 1200MM
Materials: Bronze
- Plaque
- Condition
- 15th Isle of Man Light Anti-Aircraft Regt WW2
- WMO ID: 222821
- Condition: Good [last updated on 20-06-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Suite of Images- www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/222821/
- Mona's Herald, Tuesday, November 25, 1952; Section: Front page, Page: 1 www.imuseum.im/Olive/APA/IsleofMan/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=MNH/1952/11/25&id=Ar00100&sk=9771FDB4&viewMode=image 'They Were Heroes' But They Did Not Boast Great Soldier's Tribute to Manxmen Who Died In War
- Ramsey Courier, Friday, November 21, 1952; Page: 4 www.imuseum.im/Olive/APA/IsleofMan/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=RYC/1952/11/21&id=Ar00404&sk=B4A1CC95&viewMode=image Regimental War Memorial UNVEILING BY DISTINGUISHED SOLDIER
- Mona's Herald, Tuesday, November 04, 1947; Page: 6 www.imuseum.im/Olive/APA/IsleofMan/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=MNH/1947/11/04&id=Ar00606&sk=A8191353&viewMode=image Regimental War Memorial PLAQUE TO BE PLACED IN DRILL HALL
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