Memorial details

Memorial type
Trophy / Relic
District
Port St Mary
Town
Port St Mary
County
Isle of Man
Country
Isle of Man
Commemoration
Second World War - civilians
Maker
Patrick Collett (Designer)
Mac-Owen Collett (Architect)
RGW Builders (Builder)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 29 May 2012
    Attended by: Lieutenant Governor Adam Wood; Reverend Andrew Brown, Archdeacon of the Isle of Man
  • Dedicated
    Date: 29/05/2013
    Attended by: Undefined
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
67421

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Current location

Kallow Point
Clifton Road
Port St Mary
Port St Mary
Isle of Man
IM95EL
Isle of Man

OS Grid Ref: SC 20995 67050
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Memorial to the crews of the three Isle of Man Steam Packet Company vessels lost at Dunkirk on 29th May 1940. The Memorial began with the siting of the anchor of TSS Mona's Queen III in 2012, along with a related tablet, and individual tablets to those killed in her sinking. On the next Anniversary of the sinkings, in 2013, two more tablets, for TSS King Orry and TSS Fenella, were positioned at each end of the commemoration wall, and three interpretative panels were positioned alongside the approach path from the road. The anchor is set, with its stock raised on a triangular stone pillar, on top of a circular stone base embedded with cobbles surrounded by a circular pavement of stone setts. The foundation stone depicts a compass with a compass needle and navigation points. The anchor is lined up on a heading pointing seawards towards Dunkirk. On the landward side there is a castellated, curved grey stone wall, at the centre of which a domed stone tablet is embedded in its inner side, carrying the Dedication relating to TSS Mona's Queen III. This is flanked by twenty-four individual tablets, each inscribed with the name, rank, and place of origin. On the outer edges are set the rectangular stone tablets relating to, on the left, TSS King Orry, and, on the right, TSS Fenella. They are inscribed with the name, rank, and place of origin of each of those killed in their sinkings. In front of this wall are four benches made of stone and marble.
Inscription
On the central tablet on the commemoration wall: TSS Mona's Queen III/ Anchor Memorial/ This Memorial commemorates those men and women/ of the Merchant Navy who sacrificed their lives/ for our future during OperationDynamo./ TSS Mona's Queen III was one of three Isle of Man Steam/ Packet Company vessels lost during the Evacuation of Dunkirk./ Her anchor was recovered from the seabed/ off Dunkirk on 29th May 2010, to commemorate/ the 70th Anniversary of her sinking./ Dedicated on 29th May 2012./ The Names of those who died in the sinking are inscribed on 12 tablets set on each side of the central tablet. On the western end of the wall: TSS King Orry/ This memorial plaque commemorates those men and women/ of the TSS King Orry lost at Dunkirk/ (Names)/ Dedicated on 29th May 2013 On the eastern end of the wall: TSS Fenella/ This memorial plaque commemorates those men and women/ of the TSS Fenella lost at Dunkirk/ (Names)/ Dedicated on 29th May 2013 On the three interpretative panels nearby are given information about the Evacuation of Dunkirk, the role of the vessels of the IoM Steam Packet Company, and the fate of the three vessels lost there.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Barwell, Harry
Callister, Robert Clarke
Cannell, Robert Charles
Clarke, Frank C
Corkill, William J
Corkish, Albert E
Corrin, Fred
Corrin, John
Crellin, Wilfred Ernest
Cromwell, William R
See details for all 45 names
Commemorations
  • Second World War - civilians
    Total names on memorial: 45
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 45
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, forename, rank, place of origin, ship
    Order of information: Surname, forename, rank, place of origin, ship
Components
  • Relic
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Cast Iron
  • Base
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Tablets
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Wall
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Port St Mary Commissioners
Reference
  • Manx Independent: 15 March 2012 Isle of Man Examiner: 4 April 2012

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