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    Memorial

    HMS St George- Plaque

    Plaque

    Source: Copyright Stuart Nicholson

    1/1

    Current Location

    On a white painted turreted building at the bottom end of the car park, furthest from the road, Summerhill Business Park ( Site of Cunningham' s Holiday Camp), Victoria Road, Douglas, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM2 4RE, Isle of Man

    OS Grid Reference

    SC 38910 77225

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    28179
    Description
    Rectangular Brass Plaque on wooden backboard. The inscription is incised and the crest of HMS St George is incised on the left hand side of the plaque.
    Inscription
    In memory / of those of / H. M. S. St George / who were trained in / the Isle of Man / who gave their lives / during the / Second Great War / 1939 - 1945.
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Maker(s)
    • G H CORLETT, Castle Street, Douglas, Builder

    • SHOPRITE LTD, employees, Builder

    Sponsored By
    Isle of Man Department of Tourism

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    23 April 1991

    Custodian
    Shoprite Ltd

    Components

    Backboard

    Height: 170mm

    Width: 210mm

    Depth: 25mm


    Made from: Wood


    Condition: Good


    Plaque

    Height: 130mm

    Width: 185mm

    Depth: 5mm


    Made from: Brass


    Condition: Good


    • Isle of Man Examiner 23 April 1991 page 15
    • Isle of Man Examiner 30 April 1991
    • Isle of Man Examiner 24 September 1991
  • Mona's Herald, Monday, December 24, 1945; Section: Front page, Page: 1 http://www.imuseum.im/Olive/APA/IsleofMan/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=MNH/1945/12/24&id=Ar00100&sk=929B9336&viewMode=image GOD SPEED TO H.M.S. "ST. GEORGE." DOUGLAS SALUTES THE NAVY. "HONOURED BY YOUR PRESENCE." Education Authority Also Pays Its Tribute "8,677 Boys Consecrated to a Great Purpose."
  • HMS St George memorial, Victoria Road, Douglas [has an image of the castellated building the plaque is on- note that this is over the road from the Shoprite supermarket, and down the hillside, so is barely visible from the supermarket car park] https://www.imuseum.im/search/place_record/view?id=mnh-site-213739&tab=all&from=0&term=hms+st+george&size=20&sort=&filter=&view=&images=&ttmgp=0&rfname=&rlname=&machine=&race=&raceyear=&linked=0&pos=1
  • More about Cunningham's Holiday Camp- http://isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/tourism/ccamp/index.htm
  • Wikipedia Article about HMS St George [has more newspaper references about the camp]- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_St_George_(shore_establishment)
  • http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMV0P3_HMS_St_George_Douglas_Isle_of_Man
  • This reference suggests, with a photograph, that there is a HMS St George at the national arboretum, http://www.hmsstgeorge.co.uk/Stgeophotos.htm but the WMR does not list it, nor is it on this list from the NMA of their memorials, so there is a bit of a mystery here (and insufficient to justify raising a new record) https://www.thenma.org.uk/whats-here/the-memorials/memorial-listing/