Garden of Remembrance - St. Peter's Churchyard - Onchan, Isle of Man - Grand Opening on Waymarking.com

The Garden of Remembrance in St. Peter's Churchyard on Church Road in Onchan was opened on 31st August 1947. (visit link)

Lady Bromet opened the Garden of Remembrance and The Ven. Charles Vincent Stockwood M. A. Archdeacon of Man on Sunday August 31st 1947.

The Garden was a gift to St.Peter's from The Women's Section, Onchan Branch of The British Legion. It is appropriate therefore that it was Lady Bromet who performed the opening rather than her husband, Sir Geoffrey Rhodes Bromet, who was at the time the Island's Lieutenant Governor.

The memorial plaque for the occassion is inscribed as follows:
THIS GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE
WAS OPENED BY LADY BROMET
AND DEDICATED BY
THE VEN. C. V. STOCKWOOD M.A.
ARCHDEACON OF MANN
ON SUNDAY AUGUST 31ST
1947
THIS GARDEN WAS THE GIFT OF
THE WOMEN'S SECTION, ONCHAN BRANCH
OF THE BRITISH LEGION'
Lady Ida Margaret Bromet (nee Ratcliffe)
Married in 1917 to Air Vice-Marshall Sir Geoffrey Bromet, Lieutenant Governor (1945-1952). She died in 1961 according to Winterbottom, 1999, ‘Governors of the Isle of Man since 1765’.

Sir Geoffrey and Lady Margaret had one child a daughter, Margaret Bromet, who was born on 3rd September 1918 at Marylebone, London, England.
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What was opened/inaugurated?: St. Peter's Church Garden of Remembrance Who was that opened/inaugurated it?: Lady Bromet, wife of Sir Geoffrey Bromet, Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man Date of the opening/inauguration?: 31 August 1947 Website about the location: [Web Link] Website about the person: Not listed

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