COMMEMORATING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
The Commissioners are currently planning an event that will take place on or around Remembrance Sunday in Maughold Village. Liaison is underway with the school for the children to become involved. The Commissioners would welcome and encourage information, recollections and any pertinent contributions from members of the public that could be recorded, exhibited or presented at the event.
The Maughold War Memorial is inscribed with the following names of soldiers who died in the First World War:
Major CL Brierley, Lancashire Fusiliers - Lieutenant LH Walker, Bedford Regiment - Trooper RE Allen, 9th Lancers - Private TS Corkill, Loyal North Lanes - Private WH Cowin, King's Liverpool Regiment - Private W Comaish, King's Liverpool Regiment - Lance Corporal RD Corkill, East Lanes Regiment - Private G Kissack, Royal Canadian Regiment - Private JT Kerruish, Army Service Corps - Private JH Richardson, Vancouver Battalion - Private SP Richardson Seaforth Highlanders - Rifleman SK Richardson, New Zealand Rifles - Private TL Redpath, King's Liverpool Regiment - Trooper R Sutcliffe, Duke of Lancaster's Yeomanry - Private F Wilson, Black Watch.
Please contact the clerk on 422148 or at maughold@manx.net if you have any information or family memories.