The addition of the names of two men left off a World War One memorial will be marked in a dedication service at 6.30pm this Sunday at Rushen parish church.

It is unclear why James Quine and William Watterson were excluded from the memorial, although it might have involved a disagreement with the vicar at the time, Reverend Leece.

James was on the ship Brae Glen when, in pitch black (it was the black out), it collided with another vessel in the Mersey and sank in August 1918 just before the war ended. He was 17.

William was an able seaman on the cargo ship G A Savage when she was hit and sunk on March 1, 1917 by a torpedo fired by German submarine UC-47 off Pendeen Point. She was en route from Workington to Swansea with a cargo of pitch. William was aged 16.

Jack Ronan has been campaigning for William’s name to be included since 1990 as it was an injustice felt very keenly by relatives.

’People in Cregneash were talking about it, what had been done was wrong.

’My brother Ken revived it in my memory.

’In 1990 I started writing letters. Most of the time I was getting no response but I kept at it. When Juan Watterson (Rushen MHK and now Speaker) took office he started pushing it. I have a file on it. It was for Willie Watterson, he was my mother’s cousin.’

He said James’ name was then suggested, ’they got wind of it. It must have started it off.’

Local authorities in Rushen, Port Erin and Port St Mary contributed to the cost of the memorial.

’It is important all those people who died are remembered,’ said Juan. ’

This goes to show it’s never too late we can remember them as we want to as a community.’