StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: lifeboat memorial

IoM[3] - memorial setting

IoM[3] - memorial setting

StoneRoad2013
13 Aug 2023 97
The "lifeboat memorial" to Sir William Hillary and the "shout" to the PS St.George in 1830 ... more details here ... www.ipernity.com/doc/312383/50792332/in/album/1287942 The two flanking seats are Remembrance Poppy benches.
IoM[3] - Memorial Garden

IoM[3] - Memorial Garden

StoneRoad2013
13 Aug 2023 86
This section of the sunken gardens on Douglas Promenade id dedicated to various memorials, the big slab to the left is the "Lifeboat Memorial" to Sir William Hillary and his volunteers. [I have a more detailed view of it - see here www.ipernity.com/doc/312383/50792332/in/album/1287942 including the text of the dedication] There are several others, the two "poppy" benches by the lifeboat slab and the outline figures in the circular bed are on the subject of "Lest we Forget ..."
WR - at Poole 1

WR - at Poole 1

StoneRoad2013
22 Mar 2011 3 1 824
When the RNLI unveiled the memorial to lifeboat crew who lost their lives attempting to save others (ie on a service) there were two lifeboats present. A Tamar class, (ON nnnn,: 16-nn), one of the newest all-weather boats, and William Riley (ON 594) was there to represent all the older boats.