Dundrennan


Dundrennan is a village in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, about east of Kirkcudbright. Its population is around 230. It is most notable for the ruins of Dundrennan Abbey, a 12th-century Cistercian monastery. The weapons testing establishment Dundrennan Range is also nearby.
From 2001 until 2015 the Wickerman music festival was held on the nearby farm of East Kirkcarswell.

Dundrennan Air Crash

On July 18, 1944 at 12:15am, on a night training exercise from RAF Carlisle, Crosby-on-Eden, an RAF Beaufighter crashed into a house in the main street. Four members of the Hamilton family died along with the two airmen.
Their names are.
James Hamilton aged 35 and his wife Georgina aged 33, their children Henry aged 10 and Agnes aged 8.
Also the 2 airmen who died in the crash.
F/S Henry Wiles Aged 21 from Aldershot, buried at Aldershot Civilian Cemetery.
Sgt. Eric Young Aged 21 from Huddersfield, plaque at Leeds Lawns Wood Crematorium.

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