Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- German
- Town
- St John's
- County
- Isle of Man
- Country
- Isle of Man
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 5th July 1949
Attended by: The Lord Bishop (the Rt. Rev. J. R. S. Taylor)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 67424
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Current location
In the sanctuary of the chapel
Royal Chapel of St John the Baptist
Main Road
St John's
German
Isle of Man
IM4 3NA
Isle of Man
OS Grid Ref: SC 27897 81865
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Leather bound book of remembrance enclosed in bronze case with glass top and sides on wooden plinth.
- Inscription
- MANX/ NATIONAL ROLL OF HONOUR/ 1939-1945/ THIS BOOK CONTAINS THE NAMES OF THE 494 MANX MEN AND WOMEN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE 1939-1945 WW. (sic)/ "AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM." (Names...)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 494
Served and returned: 0
Died: 494
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forenames
Order of information: Alphabetical
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Roll of honour
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Paper, Leather - Case
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Glass, bronze
- Roll of honour
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Suite of images showing the case full length, the book closed and the title page, as well as a sample page- www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/222940/
- Isle of Man Examiner, Friday, July 08, 1949; Page: 4 www.imuseum.im/Olive/APA/IsleofMan/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=IME/1949/07/08&id=Ar00402&sk=04D21969&viewMode=image The Pageantry of Tynwald Impressive Ceremony Draws 7,000 People THE OLD AND THE NEW IN UNIQUE COMBINTION
- Second World War Manx Roll of Honour, Royal Chapel of St John the Baptist, St John's [shows a sample page] www.imuseum.im/search/place_record/view?id=mnh-site-213820&tab=all&from=0&term=royal+chapel&size=20&sort=&filter=&view=&images=&ttmgp=0&rfname=&rlname=&machine=&race=&raceyear=&linked=0&pos=3
- Transcription booklet published November 2007 by R Christian, Isle of Man
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