British and Irish Plaques, Dag Hammarskjöld Memorial Crash Site, Ndola

            British and Irish plaques at the Dag Hammarskjöld Memorial Crash Site. The Irish text says roughly "It from faith in peace that he died, and for that faith he made the greatest sacrifice." It commemorates Francis Ivers of County Roscommon, who was one of Hammarskjöld's bodyguards who died in the crash.

This is 10 km west of Ndola, the largest city in the Zambian Copperbelt, the place of the plane crash in which Dag Hammarskjöld, the second and then-sitting Secretary-General of the United Nations was killed on 17 September 1961, while on a mission to the then Léopoldville Congo Republic (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). 

A road was built to the crash site, and a memorial was constructed, after Zambia gained its independence in 1964, and in 1970 it was declared a Zambian national monument as a historical landmark. In 1964 the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation Committee was formed to ensure that the memory of this world statesman lives forever in the country where he met his tragedy. At the Crash site a memorial garden was established with a cairn at the centre and a lawn around it with a belt of shrubs and trees on the outer circle.

I can find no further information about the memorial’s architect or construction online, and didn’t think to ask when I was there. There are commemorative plaques from many countries on the site.

A museum was constructed and official opened at the site in 1981. The museum exhibits some remains of the tragic accident. The museum is also used for collecting materials and books on the life of Dag Hammarskjöld and the role of the United Nations.

Taken in: Zambia / Copperbelt / Ndola District (show map)

Taken on: August 2, 2019

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