StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: Sir William Hillary

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.

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 ..."

Picnic area with a splendid view of Douglas Bay and Onchan Head. The statue of Sir William Hillary [founder of what is now the RNLI] overlooks the harbour entrance, the ferry terminal and the Tower of Refuge on Conistor Isle. The area hosts more than just the four picnic table/bench sets in this image. It isn't always this peaceful as this late afternoon view might suggest.

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' ______________________________________________________

Constructed in 1832 at the instigation of Sir William Hillary (largely paid for by him, & with substantial public subscriptions), partially as a consequence of the wreck of the steam packet RMS St George in 1830 on the reefs around Conister Rock [Kione y sker]. As viewed from the Loch Promenade, Douglas en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Refuge ... has many more details.