Island falls silent to remember them

Two-minute silence held to mark Remembrance Sunday

The Isle of Man fell silent in the last hour (11am) as we paused to remember those who died serving their country:

On Douglas Promenade this morning (8 November), a wreath laying ceremony took place following a two minutes' silence and a service in St Thomas' Church.

The event took place at the War Memorial, which first and foremost bears the names of those lost in the First World War.

(Remembrance Sunday 2026. Picture credit: Manx Radio)

In that war alone, between 1914 and 1918, a total of 8,261 Manxmen went to fight, making up 82.3 percent of men aged between 18 and 40 on the Island.

Of these, 2,334 would become casualties, with 1,165 dead or missing, 987 wounded and 182 made Prisoners of War.

Today, we paused to remember them, and all the people who have died in all wars since.

SERVICES

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Services are continuing to take place around the Island today - with the National Service of Remembrance to be held in the Royal Chapel in St John's at 3pm.

Following that service, the Lieutenant Governor Sir John Lormier and Ard-Shirveishagh Chris Thomas will lay wreaths at the National War Memorial.

In London, President of Tynwald Juan Watterson has been representing the Island at the UK's National Service of Remembrance.

We'll have full live coverage of proceedings from St John's later via our FM network, and you can find details of all of today's services HERE.

Another two minutes' silence will be observed at 11am on Armistice Day (Wednesday 11 November).

(Remembrance Sunday 2026. Picture credit: Manx Radio)