Falklands : Lt. Richard Nunn Remembered
Submitted by Falkland Islands News Network (Juanita Brock) 27.10.2005 (Article Archived on 10.11.2005)
A cairn surrounded by a stained wooden fence marks a special place near Goose Green.
Photo Provided by Rev. Fr. Peter Norris - The Cairn and some of the people who went to the dedication.
LT. RICHARD NUNN REMEMBERED
Fr Norris by Lt. Nunn's Cairn
By J. Brock (FINN)
A memorial to the late Lt. Richard Nunn RM, who was shot down in his helicopter by two Pucara Aircraft during the 1982 Conflict near Goose Green was unveiled in a moving ceremony on the afternoon of Wednesday, 26 October 2005.
Fr. Peter Norris from St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Stanley and the Padre from Mount Pleasant, Rev. Wakeham-Dawson officiated at the brief ceremony, which was attended by approximately 30 Military and civilians.
The memorial consists of a cairn with two brass plaques. One plaque gives details of the action in which Lt. Nunn was killed and the other commemorates the man.
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