David Kewley (Dawsey) - Douglas, Isle of Man - Maritime Monuments and Memorials on Waymarking.com

David Kewley also know as "Dawsey" was a Manx boatman, member of the Douglas Rocket Brigade and volunteer in the Lifeboat Service and was renowned during his lifetime for his involvement in saving lives at sea.

Extract from Dawsey's Wikipedia entry:

'Monument

Following Dawsey's death a meeting was held, presided over by the Mayor of Douglas, at which it was decided that a monument was to be erected in his memory through public subscription.

The monument was erected by W. Cathcart of Glasgow and is made of Aberdeen granite. It was originally a drinking fountain and water trough with the water issuing from the mouth of a stone lion. In the panel above the lion is a sculpture typifying one of Dawsey's rescues. Originally situated at the apex of the Pier Buildings on the Victoria Pier the monument was unveiled by the Deputy Governor of the Isle of Man, Deemster Thomas Kneen, on Thursday 8 June 1905.Numerous civic dignitaries were in attendance and during the course of the ceremony two certificates from the Royal Humane Society were awarded to Samuel Webb, in recognition for his rescue of a young boy who's fallen into the sea off Douglas Promenade, and to G. Cowin for rescuing an elderly lady from Douglas Harbour. At the moment of the unveiling salutes were fired from the Douglas Rocket Station and Douglas Head Lighthouse.

Following the construction of the new Douglas Sea Terminal in the late 1960s the monument was sited for many years at the southern end of Douglas Promenade adjacent to a car park. It was moved to its current site in one of the promenade's sunken gardens following renovation work.'

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The Inscription on the memorial is shown below:
'ERECTED
BY PUBLIC SUBSSCRIPTION
In Memory Of
DAVID KEWLEY (DAWSEY)
AS A TRIBUTE OF
ADMIRATION FOR HIS BRAVERY IN SAVING
AT VARIOUS TIMES 23 LIVES
FROM DROWNING

May his example prove an incentive to
like heroic Deeds.

A.D. 1904'

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