HMS Urley Memorial, Ronaldsway Airport, Ballasalla
Period: 1991-04-21
NGR Easting: 227798
NGR Northing: 468866
Description: Plaque 1 reads as follows: "In memory of / those of / H.M.S. Urley / who were trained in / the Isle of Man / who gave their lives / during the / Second World War / 1939-1945."
Wooden-framed brass plaque
Plaque 2 reads as follows: "Between 1944 and 1946 Ronaldsway / Airport became a Royal Naval Air / Station and was commissioned as / H.M.S. Urley. Fleet Air Arm Aircrew / received their operational flying / training here in Barracuda torpedo / reconnaissance aircraft of 705, 710, / 713 & 747 Royal Naval Air Squadrons."
Wooden plaque.
Unveiled by Lord Gort on 25 April 1991.
Sponsored by Isle of Man Dept of Tourism.
Built by G.H. Corlett Ltd, Castle St, Douglas.
Information provided by the Isle of Man Government Preservation of War Memorials Committee.
Image courtesy of Chris Blyth, Isle of Man Photographic Society.
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Site & Monument Type: plaques
Category: Isle of Man National Inventory of War Memorials
Site ID number: IOM_NIWM_MAL_00006