St. Olave's Chancel Screen - Ramsey, Isle of Man - Non-Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

These Altar Rails [Chancel Screen] can be found in St. Olave's Church, Ramsey.

The memorial is described by the iMuseum website as follows:
'[A] Decorative wrought-iron screen and archway, embellished with brass-fittings either side of the archway.'
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However, the War Memorials online website whilst it agrees the memorial is made of iron refers to '...Altar Rails [Chancel Screen] with WWI inscription running across both and WW2 inscription added in previously blank spaces.'
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The WW1 section of the memorial is on the left of the central arch when facing the front of the church.The inscription reads as follows:
'GREATER
LOVE HATH
NO MAN THAN
THIS THAT A MAN
LAY DOWN HIS LIFE
FOR HIS
FRIENDS'

Beneath this and runing across both sides of the central arch the inscription reads as follows:
'TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN GRATEFUL AND AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF ST. OLAVE'S CHURCH, WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE LIBERTY OF THE WORLD IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918.'

Then split between both sides of the screen there is an alphabetical list of 37 men who lost their lives during WW1.

The original WW1 memorial was unvield on 4 August.

The memorial for WW2 is arranged in a similar manner to the WW1 memorial but is on the right of the central arch when facing the front of the church. The inscription reads as follows:
[on the upper brass ornament]
'TO
THE GLORY OF GOD AND
IN LOVING
MEMORY OF
GALE. E.C.
GAWNE. J.W
WORRAL. G. C.
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR
COUNTRY IN THE SECOND
GREAT WAR
1939 - 1945'

The WW2 memorial was unveiled in 1949 by Lt. Col. John Cubbon, O.B.E., The Cheshire Regiment nand dedicated by the Vicar.

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Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): The Great War 1914-1918 (WWI) The Second Great War 1939-1945 (WWII) In Honor Of: MEMBERS OF ST. OLAVE'S CHURCH, WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE LIBERTY OF THE WORLD IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918. & GALE. E.C. GAWNE. J.W WORRAL. G. C. WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE SECOND GREAT WAR 1939 - 1945' Marker Text: 'GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS' 'TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN GRATEFUL AND AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF ST. OLAVE'S CHURCH, WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE LIBERTY OF THE WORLD IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918.' 'THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF GALE. E.C. GAWNE. J.W WORRAL. G. C. WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE SECOND GREAT WAR 1939 - 1945' Date of dedication: 4 August 1922 Who Put it Here?: Congregation of St. Olave's Church Description of Memorial: Decorative wrought-iron screen and archway, embellished with brass-fittings either side of the archway.

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