KING WILLIAM'S COLLEGE
ISLE OF MAN
Centenary Notes And Pictures
Pages 22-24
see http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/kwc1933/p022.htm
The College War Memorial takes the form of a Celtic Cross made of Cornish grey granite about 20 feet high. It was designed by R. F. Dodd, O.K.W. The memorial was unveiled on 28th July, 1922, by Sir George Beatson, M.D., G.C.B. (also an O.K.W.), after a service in the Chapel in which the Lord Bishop of the Diocese (Dr. Denton Thompson) took part, assisted by the Lord Bishop of Warrington (Dr. E. H. Kempson, Principal 1900-22) ; the Ven. the Archdeacon of Man ; and Canon Kermode. His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor (Sir W. Fry, K.C.V.O.) was present.
The cross stands on a base of three ascents, and a pedestal which bears on engraved bronze plates the names of the College Roll of Honour. On the cross itself is a bronze replica of the ancient Sword of State of the Isle of Man, which for many centuries was carried before the Governor, and also before Bishop Barrow our Founder.
In the Chapel the last window on the west side of the nave was filled with two coloured panels, one representing St. George, the other King Arthur. This window was dedicated by Dr. Kempson during the Service which preceded the unveiling of the Cross outside. The window bears the inscription Ad majorem dei gloriam et in piam memoriam alumnorum qui pro Patria et. fide mortem occuberunt, MDCCCCXIV-MDCCCCXIX.
In 1926 the new gateway at the western end of the quadrangle was erected out of the balance of the War Memorial fund.