In Memory Of
STEYN, JAMES HENRY
Service Details
Age:
23
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
42275
Rank:
Flying Officer
Regiment:
Royal Air Force
Date of Death:
1941-04-13
Cause of Death:
Died in Aircraft Accident, Anson N9857 crashed in a snowstorm in one of the most desolate areas of the highlands. Crew rest under a cairn erected by CWGC but their memorial is in the local churchyard. The crash site where the casualties are buried is in a remote location on a plateau marked by a granite memorial placed in 2013.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Memorial Panel.
Cemetery:
INCHNADAMPH (OR KIRKTON) OLD CHURCHYARD
Localitly:
Sutherland
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Decorations:
D F C
Citations:
LG 17 January 1941 pg. 346
Son of Henry George Arthur Steyn, and of Daisy Frances Ann Steyn (nee Cole), of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
