Lezayre Parish World War II Memorial can be found at the junction of Lezayre Road (A3) and Churchtown Road (B17) in Lezayre. It is in grateful and honoured memory of those of this Parish who gave their lives in WWII.
The WWII memorial is formed by three white marble plaques on the lower plinth of the Parish War Memorial.
The dedication on face 1 is as follows:
"IN GRATEFUL AND HONOURED MEMORY
OF THOSE OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
1939 - 1945 On the plaque to the right are the following names:
OLAF ERNEST MOORE, NALAY STATES VOLRS.,
KENNETH F. PERERA, F/O., R.C.A.F.,
ALBERT QUINE, SEAMAN, R.N.,
JOHN BERNARD ROFE, F/LT, R.A.F.,
On the plaque to the left are the following names:
NORMAN RICHARD COWIN, SERGT, R.A.F.,
EWART HARRISON CRELLIN, SERGT, R.A.F.,
ETHEL GERTrUDE GALE, GUNR., A.T.S
GERORGE HERBERT LACE, GUNR., MANX REGT.
THOMAs HATTON LAWTON, CHIEF ENGINEER,
CHARLES WILLIAM MERRILL, R.N.M.R.,
The WWII unveiling ceremony, on Sunday 24 September 1951, was performed by His Excellency The Lieutenant Governor, Air Vice Marshall Sir Geoffrey Rhodes Bromet, with the dedication given by The Right Reverend John Taylor, the Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man with the Guard of Honour drawn from the Royal Air Force Regiment, Jurby.
The great war memorial was designed by Ewart Crelin (1887-1950) and was made by Mr Edward Chistian J.P. C.T.C sculptor of Ramsey, from red sandstone in the form of a cross on an octangular pillar, mounted on octangular red sandstone bases. The sandstone was sourced from the Bankend Quarries in Cumbria.
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