- Type of Memorial
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- WMR Reference Number
- 28296
- Description
- Illuminated Roll of Honour, in a glazed-wooden frame.
The Roll of Honour is of complex design, having been extended after its original creation: the upper section (bearing 50 names), being the original design, to which the lower supplementary section (bearing 24 further names) was later added.
[The upper section was created in 1916 by F Beatrice Kneen, whose signature is at the foot of that section.
The lower section is unsigned, but its calligraphy and design suggests that it was added by Ms Kneen].
The top and side borders of the Roll are mainly of laurel leaves, intersected by symbolic motifs and allegorical figures.
At the centre of the top border is a red shield, bearing the Isle of Man coat of arms. The top-left corner depicts crossed-swords within a laurel wreath, on a blue background. The top-right corner depicts an anchor within a laurel wreath, against a blue background. The bottom-left and bottom-right corners of the original design (i.e. what is now the Roll's upper section) depict the allegorical figures of 'War' and 'Peace'. The intersecting panel between them (depicting oak leaves and acorns) is bisected by a roundel containing a depiction of St George slaying the dragon.
The supplementary section beneath has side-borders of laurel leaves. Its bottom-left corner depicting the Dove of Peace within a laurel wreath; its bottom-right corner depicting a radiant Cross within a laurel wreath. The panel between them depicts ribbon-scrolls, bearing the final line of the inscription.
The memorial's titles are in block lettering; the names are in cursive script.
[The names of those who died are underlined in red, and have a red cross beside them. Names annotated with a black asterisk denotes that their brothers also served].
- Inscription
- PARISH OF BALLAUGH/ ROLL OF HONOUR/ OF MEN FROM THE PARISH WHO/ HAVE JOINED H.M. FORCES IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ (50 names)/ ADDITIONS TO THE ABOVE ROLL/ (24 names)/ THANKS BE TO GOD WHICH/ GIVETH US THE VICTORY
[Border includes signature: "F. Beatrice Kneen 1916"]
