Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Salisbury
- Town
- Zeals
- County
- Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 14th August 1999
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 24136
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Current location
East side of B3092 in middle of open country
known variusly as Beech Clump or Knoll
Nr Search Farm
B3092
Zeals
Salisbury
Wiltshire
BA12
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 791 347
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Inscription tablet set on top of stone cairn, base and concrete pilIar. Black lettering.
- Inscription
- THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO/ THE AIRMEN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN/ DAKOTA TS436/ OF NO. 107 OTU LEICESTER EAST/ WHICH CRASHED HERE AFTER TAKING OFF FROM/ RAF ZEALS ON 19TH FEBRUARY 1945/ (Names)/ AND THE PILOT F/LT. M.R.S. MACKAY DFC, RAF/ WHO SUSTAINED SEVERE INJURIES AND SUBSEQUENTLY DIED / W.H.M.S
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, J O
Anderson, Ks
Colby, W J E
Evans, Ta
Gilder, Mv
Grant, D
Guay, Gj
Heywood, J
Howden, Jc
Hyde, Rt
See details for all 21 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 21
Served and returned: 0
Died: 21
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,decorations
Order of information: surname,rank,regiment,decorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Chilmark - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Base
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Dakota III TS436 Crash / RAF Zeals
- WMO ID: 135488
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 30-01-2014]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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