Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Wall
- District
- Sutherland
- Town
- Inchnadamph
- County
- Highland
- Country
- Scotland
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Placed
Date: 13th April 1941
Attended by: Crash on Ben More, bodies buried at crash site - Rededicated
Date: June 2013
Attended by: Plaque moved to churchyard and new plaque at crash site - Rededicated
Date: June 1985
Attended by: In June 1985, Cadets from 2489 Air Training Corps (Bridge of Don) in Aberdeen - Show More (2)
- Placed
- Lost
- Not lost
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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
- Description
- Wall facing out of the churchyard: 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. Memorial at crash site WMR #105344 Wall facing into the churchyard: Two metal tablets
- 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. Despite 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. Original marker on rear of wall: 1. This is the original plaque from the crash sit / June 2013 2. (NAMES) / R.A.F. / BURIED HERE / 13TH APRIL 1941
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Drew, W E
Emery, J
Kenny, T B
Mitchell, C M
Steyn, J H
Tompsett, H A
See details for all 6 names - 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
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Trophy / Relic
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Plant Material - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Trough
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Wall
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Trophy / Relic
- Condition
- Crew of Anson N9857, Inchnadamph
- WMO ID: 161980
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 22-05-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- BBC website Ben Macdui Avro Anson air crash remembered 70 years on www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-19322273
- 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
- RAF Mountain Rescue Association website Crash-site of RAF Avro Anson GR1 near Ben More Assynt – Update by Simon Lloyd-Morrison rafmountainrescue.com/crash-site-of-raf-avro-anson-gr1-near-ben-more-assynt-update-by-simon-lloyd-morrison/ Images of the new memorial
- BBC website Work starts on remote war grave on Ben More Assynt www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-22150901
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