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Some History from WW1.
20 Apr 2010 08:25 pmWhen I was in the churchyard at Patrick I noticed some military graves. The military graves in the churchyards at Andreas and Jurby are those of airmen as there were WW2 airports in both villages (must go to Jurby and take some pictures sometime), and I thought these might be those of airmen whose plane had crashed on the west of the island, or possibly seamen; except that there were more than might be expected for either scenario.
When I went and looked more closely there was something very, very odd about them - the ages of those buried under the headstones and the lay out.
( cut for pictures, and a little WW1 history - oh, and a link to a music-hall star! )
So a curiosity about the headstones led me into a couple of bits of Manx history that I was aware of, but had never really thought about.
ETA - I nearly forgot - whilst I was reading old documents about Knockaloe I discovered that Archibald Knox (famous designer for Liberty of London of in the Art Nouveau style and local Manxman) was the camp censor! How weird is that?
When I went and looked more closely there was something very, very odd about them - the ages of those buried under the headstones and the lay out.
( cut for pictures, and a little WW1 history - oh, and a link to a music-hall star! )
So a curiosity about the headstones led me into a couple of bits of Manx history that I was aware of, but had never really thought about.
ETA - I nearly forgot - whilst I was reading old documents about Knockaloe I discovered that Archibald Knox (famous designer for Liberty of London of in the Art Nouveau style and local Manxman) was the camp censor! How weird is that?
