War memorial preservation report to be laid before Tynwald

Sat, 11 Jul 2015

An annual report detailing the preservation needs of over 150 war memorials will be laid before Tynwald this month.

The Preservation of War Memorials Committee is responsible for the identification, registration and maintenance of mounted plaques to larger stone monuments.

In the last year, it worked to compile an online database with features like digital mapping and historic information.

Manx National Heritage works with the committee on the report each year.

Chairman Juan Watterson explains why it's so important: