Wales is a constituent country of the United Kingdom with historical and linguistic connections to the Isle of Man. Both share Celtic heritage and related Brythonic and Goidelic traditions, and Welsh miners were among those who settled alongside Manx emigrants in American mining communities.
1 name listed; Second World War. Wooden bench built of teak with carved runic cross. Commemorative plaque affixed to bench. The memorial was unveiled in June 1948 to commemorate Walter Handley who was killed whilst flying during World War II. The memorial was unveiled by the Mayor, Councillor F.M. Corkill and Graham Walker. It was built by Kelly Bros. of Michael from a design prepared in the Borough Surveyor's Office. The dedication service was performed by Reverend Canon Stenning, M.A., president of the Manx Motorcycle Club and a steward of the TT Races. Between 1922 and 1934, Walter Handley took part in 29 races, made nine records for the fastest laps and was the only man to win four TT trophies; the Senior, Junior, Lightweight and Ultra Lightweight Race. In 1925 he was the first man to lap the course under 30 minutes. Information taken from the Isle of Man Daily Times, 10.06.1948. Information provided by the Isle of Man Government Preservation of War Memorials Committee. Image courtesy of Chris Blyth, Isle of Man Photographic Society.
Walter Lutwidge was an important merchant in early eighteenth-century Whitehaven whose letter books provide a valuable window into the tobacco trade that brought significant prosperity to the port. He boasted around 1740 that he was worth £30,000, and there is evidence that he and a relative named Thomas Lutwidge were heavily involved in defrauding the customs in the early 1720s. His precise family connection to Charles Lutwidge, the Revestment-era customs enforcer on the Isle of Man, is uncertain.
War Office letter from Barrington acknowledging Treasury correspondence regarding reimbursement for transporting and victualling one company of the 42nd Regiment from the Isle of Man to Dublin. This represents the final troop reduction from the 1765 post-Revestment garrison of 9 companies plus 2 horse companies to just 3 companies, matching Castle Rushen barracks capacity.
War Office letter from Barrington acknowledging receipt of Treasury correspondence regarding the expense of transporting and victualling one company of the 42nd Regiment from Isle of Man to Dublin. Documents the final phase of military garrison reduction following the 1765 Revestment, concluding with three companies — the capacity of Castle Rushen barracks.
War Office memorandum from 14 March 1772 regarding the establishment and pay costs of four companies of the 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot stationed on the Isle of Man. Notes that the regiment's establishment commenced 1 September 1771, and that Great Britain funded the difference between British and Irish pay rates. Includes editorial note on troop reduction to three companies within a year due to Castle Rushen Barracks capacity.
War Office correspondence dated 14 March 1772 regarding the establishment and pay of four companies of the 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot stationed on the Isle of Man. The document notes the pay differential between British and Irish establishment and references the transition following Revestment, including reduction from nine to three/four companies.
The dynastic civil wars in England (1455–1487) through which Thomas Stanley, Lord of Mann, navigated with extraordinary political skill. He survived every king and kept his options open until Bosworth, where he chose the winning side.
Warwick Tower is part of Peel Castle. St German's Cathedral, possibly on the site of a predecessor, was founded in the 13th-14th centuries but due to the incursions of the raiding Scots was protected by a curtain wall and gatehouse in the later 14th century, a feature that was to develop into the fortress and garrison of Peel Castle during the 15th to 19th centuries.
Washington D.C. is the capital of the United States. The city has had Manx residents, including Wilson Jenkinson, a Foxdale miner who moved from Montana to work in United States government services and was active in promoting the North American Manx Association.
There are 6 columns of names, listed thus: 1914 - 1918 Army (2 columns containing 20 names), and Navy (1 column containing 8 names). 1939-1945 Army (1 column with 6 names) Navy (1 column with 6 names) R.A.F. (1 column with 2 names). Mostly listed alphabetically. First and Second World Wars Brass plaque.
Followed by two alphabetical lists of names, 19 for the Army and 8 for the Navy. Wall mounted stained glass panel framed with oak and illuminated.
Unveiled by Rev. A. J. Sharp. (Ramsey Courier, 4 May 1923, p.4) Moved from vestibule after chapel reconstruction in 1937.
Image showing only a watermark embossed in paper, depicting a crowned figure (likely Britannia) within an oval frame. No handwritten or printed text is present. Typical of 18th-century official paper.
Two storey, double-fronted house. Originally constructed before 1868 (present on Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st edition map of that date) as a single storey cottage before being raised in the 1930s.
Early photographs show an extension on the westerly gable housing a loom, hence the name.
Acquired by the Manx Museum and National Trust in 1939.
The findspot of a Neolithic flint scatter. It included 5 flint pieces and a slate with a black cross on it, which was probably natural in origin. OS Field No. 2011.
