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    Memorial

    Boeing Chinook ZD576 - Mull of Kintyre crash

    Mull of Kintyre Chinook crash memorial cairn

    Source: Heavy Whalley

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    Current Location

    Off the road to the lighthouse but public road ends at NR 59772 08170 where there is a small car park., Beinn Na Lice, Route to fog signal, Mull of Kintyre, Argyll And Bute, Dunbartonshire and Argyll and Bute, PA28 6RU, Scotland

    OS Grid Reference

    NR 59292 08727

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    Type of Memorial
    Cairn
    WMR Reference Number
    105925
    Description
    Cairn at the crash site with plaque listing the names.
    Inscription
    IN MEMORY OF THOSE OFFICERS OF THE / RUC, ARMY, RAF AND CROWN SERVICE/ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES / CHINOOK HELEICOPTER CRASH 2 JUNE 1994 / (names)
    War
    Northern Ireland Conflict; The Troubles (1969-1998)
    Number Commemorated
    29
    Died
    29
    Information shown
    rank, initials, surname, decorations, regiment
    Order of names
    surname
    Maker(s)
    • Mr. Duncan Watson (local man), Builder

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    18th September 1994

    Head of MI5. Mrs Stella Rimington; RUC Chief Constable, Sir Hugh Annesley and Army GOC for Northern Ireland, Lieutenant General Sir Roger Wheeler.

    Dedicated

    18th September 1994

    Church of Scotland Parish Minister of Southend Church the Rev. Roddy McNidder; Rev. David Wilkes, Senior Chaplain Northern Ireland; Rev. Andy McMullon, chaplain at RAF Aldegrove and military padres.

    Components

    Cairn

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    • Aberdeen Press and Journal - Monday 19 September 1994 Hillside farewell to crash victims (picture)
    • Dundee Courier - Monday 19 September 1994 Victims remembered (picture)
  • Oban Times and Argyllshire Advertiser - Thursday 22 September 1994 Victims remembered (picture)
  • Reflections on a trip to the Chinook Crash Memorial at the Mull Of Kintyre. https://heavywhalley.wordpress.com/2017/08/12/reflections-on-a-trip-to-the-chinook-crash-at-the-mull-of-kintyre/#comment-20235
  • The Mull of Kintyre Chinook crash 2 June 1994. A few days I will never forget. https://heavywhalley.wordpress.com/2023/06/02/the-mull-of-kintyre-chinook-crash-2-june-1994-a-few-days-i-will-never-forget/