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Plaque recording the development and official opening of this area of the Marine Gardens in 1934. The dedication reads :- Borough of Douglas New Loch Promenade and Marine Gardens constructed and laid out 1928 - 1934 Opened by The Right Honourable Sir John Gilmour B.T., D.S.O., M,P. . The lower section is a list of mayors, local councillors and aldermen, including those sitting on the Works Committee, the last section gives the Town Clerk and the Borough Engineer.

In the Marine Gardens, on the Douglas Promenade. . The main dedication reads :- _____________________________________________________ The Royal National Lifeboat Institution Sir William Hillary Who Lived in Douglas and Founded the RNLI in 1824 His courage and that of the Volunteer Crew Saved many lives * Most Famously the Crew of St George * Wrecked in Douglas Bay in 1830 In 1832 on the site of the Disaster he built the Tower of Refuge * Shelter for the Shipwrecked _____________________________________________________ In Honour of All Lifeboat Crew Down the Years' On this side the smaller dedication under the sculpture reads :- Sir William Hillary & his Volunteer Crew go to the aid of the Stricken St. George 20th November 1830' ______________________________________________________