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Article: HUNT FOR WWI ROLL OF HONOUR.
- Article from:
- Isle of Man Newspapers (Douglas, England)
- Article date:
- January 30, 2007
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A RETIRED air traffic controller is hunting for a roll of honour that commemorated Manx veterans of the Great War.
The roll of honour, presented to a relative of a war casualty Lance Corporal Arthur Cannell, was put on display in the window of the Ramsey Courier in September 1923.
It listed 1,100 soldiers who fought with the Liverpool Scottish Regiment, including many Manx names.
Roger Christian, 59, who had a 40-year career in air traffic control, is involved in compiling a database of the Island's war memorials for the Imperial War Museum.
He learnt about the roll of honour while reading a vintage copy of the long-defunct Ramsey ...