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Memorial details

Memorial type: Wall
District: Sutherland
Town: Inchnadamph
County: Highland
Country: Scotland
Commemoration: Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost: Not lost
WM Reference: 57661

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Current location

Set into the kirkyard wall
Kirkton Old Churchyard
track off the west side of the A837,l towards Loch Assynt
Inchnadamph
Sutherland
Highland
IV27 4HN
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NC 24951 21974
Denomination: Church of Scotland

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Description

Two tablets set into a convex-headed stone wall that has been placed against the kirkyard wall. There is also a metal information board about the village, which, in part, mentions this memorial and the crash

Inscription

Upper Tablet-ROYAL AIR/ FORCE/ (Names) Lower Tablet- HERE ARE COMMEMORATED/ THE CREW OF AN AIRCRAFT/ CRASHED ON BEN MORE/ ON THE 13TH APRIL 1941/ WHOSE BODIES/ LIE WHERE THEY FELL Information Board-WAR MEMORIAL/In early April 1942, an RAF Anson bomber crashed 2,300/feet (700 metres) above sea level on Ben More Assynt,/near Inchnadamph. Despit an extensive search, it/was six weeks before the snow line receded and a/shepherd found the wrecked plane and bodies of/the six-man crew. The passage of time and remoteness/of the site meant that the airmen were buried at the scene, the only site/in Scotland where this occurred. A cairn protects the hillside grave, but a more accessible memorial was erected at the churchyard gate, the trough below it containing soil from the burial site.

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Drew, W E
Emery, J
Kenny, T B
Mitchell, C M
Steyn, J H
Tompsett, H A
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Commemorations

Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 6
Served and returned: 0
Died: 6
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, rank, date of death, service, decorations, place of death, place of burial, manner of death.
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Wall
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
Trough
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
Trophy / Relic
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Plant Material

Condition

Crew of Anson N9857, Inchnadamph
WMO ID: 161980
Condition: Fair [last updated on 22-05-2017]
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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Reference

warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=832&mforum=warmemscot
BRITAIN'S AVIATION MEMORIALS & MEMENTOES by SMITH, DAVID J 162 and170 Source: Image Library IWM Published:PATRICK STEPHENS LIMITED 1992 SPARKFORD
www.archieraf.co.uk/scs/ansonn9857.html

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