Ramsey Commissioners and members of the Royal British Legion continue to attend the town’s war memorial on each 100th anniversary of the loss of every resident of the town who gave their life during the Great War 1914 - 1918 and place a simple cross in their memory.

Surviving relatives and members of the public are invited to attend on Thursday, May 18, to commemorate the death of Private Alfred Leo Fargher, only son of Mr TA Fargher, a town commissioner.

Private Fargher left a widow, Grace, whom he married in early 1917.

Prior to enlisting in the Royal Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion in December 1916, he was a chemist with Boots in London, having served his apprenticeship with Mr ED Laughlin of Ramsey.

He died in a French hospital after being wounded by shrapnel in both arms. He is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

Monday, May 22, marks the loss of Deck Hand William Corlett. He was serving on board the trawler Merse, which was one of a number of vessels escorting the HMS Ramillies, a new dreadnought being towed to Cammell Laird shipyard in Liverpool for repairs.

The Merse struck a mine when passing through the Cumbraes, off Garroch Head, Bute, Scotland. All 17 men on board, including Mr Corlett, were killed.

He was 20 years old and the son of John James and Margaret Corlett of Victoria Road, Ramsey.