Granite memorial flown in to Scottish Highlands to mark the UK's most remote war grave

摘要

A Karin Grey granite memorial made by A&J Robertson (Granite) Ltd of Aberdeen was flown into the Scottish Highlands by Chinook helicopter this month (August) to mark the spot where the crew of an Anson plane died when they crashed on Ben More Assynt in April 1941 during World War Ⅱ. Due to the inaccessibility of the crash site, the crew were buried on the mountain rather than taken to a cemetery, their final resting places marked with a cairn and metal crosses. A memorial was erected in the nearest graveyard at Inchnadamph, 20 miles north of Ullapool. In 2012, the Commission decided to supplement the cairn, which had deteriorated, with a granite marker to identify and protect the aircrew's burial site from becoming lost or disturbed in the future.