Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Gate
- District
- Rushen
- Town
- Rushen
- County
- Isle of Man
- Country
- Isle of Man
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 21 April 1921
Attended by: The Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man, Sir William Fry - Dedicated
Date: 21 April 1921
Attended by: Lord Bishop of Sodor & Mann - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 28278
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Current location
Kirk Christ Church
Church Road
Rushen
Rushen
Isle of Man
IM9 5LW
Isle of Man
OS Grid Ref: SC 20860 69282
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Stone and whitewashed stucco lychgate with oak fittings and gates, slate roof and white marble dedicatory tablets with leaded inscriptions for WW1 and WW2 on either side, inside the gate
- Inscription
- RIGHT SIDE: THIS LYCHGATE/ AND TABLET IN THE CHURCH/ WERE ERECTED/ BY THE PARISHIONERS OF/ RUSHEN/ IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ C. H. LEECE, R.D./ VICAR. LEFT SIDE: ALSO IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN/ AND WOMEN/ FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 - 45./ J. D. GELLING, M.A./ VICAR
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- First World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White - Second World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White - Gate
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood, Stone, Slate
- First World War memorial
- Condition
- History
- The gate had just been whitewashed before my visit, July 2021
- Costs
Memorial: £400
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- The Parochial Church Council
- Reference
- www.imuseum.im/search/place_record/view?id=mnh-site-213781&tab=all&from=0&term=rushen+war&size=20&sort=&filter=&view=&images=&ttmgp=0&rfname=&rlname=&machine=&race=&raceyear=&linked=0&pos=3
- The dedication of the lych gate- www.imuseum.im/search/archive_record/view?id=mnh-museum-478161&type=archive&tab=archive&from=0&term=rushen+lych&size=20&sort=&filter=&view=&images=&ttmgp=0&rfname=&rlname=&machine=&race=&raceyear=&linked=0&pos=0
- The Church entrance before the lych gate was built- www.imuseum.im/search/archive_record/view?id=mnh-museum-476624&type=archive&tab=archive&from=0&term=rushen+lych&size=20&sort=&filter=&view=&images=&ttmgp=0&rfname=&rlname=&machine=&race=&raceyear=&linked=0&pos=2
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