Douglas Borough Cemetery War Memorial - Glencrutchery Road - Douglas, Isle of Man - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

The Douglas Borough Cemetery War Memorial can be found close to the Borough Chapel on Grencrutchery Road. the memorial is dedicated to honour the memory of those who lost their lives in WWI.

This memorial is 'a 'Meta-memorial' in that it records the names of the various Island graveyards in which the war dead were interred rather than the names of the actual dead.' (visit link)

The War Memorials website describes this memorial as follows:
'Cross of Sacrifice identical in design to Commonwealth War Graves Commission cross, in main town cemetery. Two sandstone plaques set into and next to each other within a walled semi-circle behind a sandstone 3 tiered column. Sandstone cross in centre. Bronze sword on front face of cross. NB - it is clear from the inscription that this is NOT a CWGC Cross of Sacrifice, but made to an identical design. Isle of Man National Inventory of War Memorials: IOM_NIWM_DOU_00020' (visit link)

The inscription which displayed on 3 consecutive sides of an 8 sided polygon below the cross is as follows:
"THIS CROSS OF SACRIFICE IS ONE IN DESIGN
AND INTENTION WITH THOSE WHICH HAVE
BEEN SET UP IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM AND
OTHER PLACES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
WHERE OUR DEAD OF THE
GREAT WAR ARE LAID TO REST.'
Around the base of the plinth is the following inscription:
'THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERYMORE.'
The inscription on the two plaques set into the wall behind the cross read as follows:
'TO THE HOUNOURED MEMORY
OF THOSE MEMBBERS OF HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918
AND WHO LIE BURIED IN THE ISLE OF MAN
IN THE FOLLOWING CEMETERIES AND CHURCHYARDS
DOUGLAS CEMETERY FOXDALE (ST. PAUL) CHURCHYARD
KIRK BRADDAN (ST. BRENDAN) CHURCHYARD KIRK PATRICK (ST. PATRICK) CHURCHYARD
KIRK MALEW (ST. MALEW) CHURCHYARD KIRK MAUGHOLD (ST. MACHUT) CHURCHYARD
KIRK MAROWN (ST. MAROWN) CHURCHYARD KIRK GERMAN NEW CEMETERY
BALLAUGH (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD KIRK BRIDE (ST. BRIDGET) CHURCHYARD
KIRK CONCHAN (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD KIRK LONAN (ST. LONAN) CHURCHYARD
ST. MARK'S KIRK MALEW (ST. MARK) CHURCHYARD
KIRK CHRIST LEZAYRE (HOLY TRINITY) CHURCHYARD
KIRK CHRIST RUSHEN (HOLY TRINITY) CHURCHYARD'
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Private or Public Monument?: Government Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: DOUGLAS Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe Website for this Monument: [Web Link] Physical Address of Monument: Douglas Borough Cemetery Glencruthery Road Douglas, Isle of Man Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: Not listed

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