Dunoon Cemetery Explained

Dunoon Cemetery
Country:Scotland
Location:Hamilton Street,
Dunoon
Coordinates:55.9565°N -4.9319°W
Owner:Argyll and Bute Council
Map Type:Scotland Dunoon
Findagraveid:2518807

Dunoon Cemetery is a cemetery in Dunoon, Scotland. It is accessed either by Hamilton Road or by Bogleha' Road.[1] [2] The original section of the cemetery is 1.78acres, while its extension is 1.57acres.

, the cemetery, which is owned by Argyll and Bute Council, contained 3,546 gravestones, with the earliest dating to 1857.

On 30 May 1943, HMS Untamed sank during a training exercise in the Firth of Clyde with the loss of all 35 of her crew.[3] [4] All of the dead, including 23-year-old lieutenant John Priestly Duncan,[5] were buried in Dunoon Cemetery, while the war memorial in nearby Sandbank is partly dedicated to them.[6]

Notable interments

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dunoon, Hamilton Street Cemetery Canmore . 2024-11-02 . canmore.org.uk . en.
  2. Web site: CWGC . Dunoon Cemetery Cemetery Details . 2024-11-02 . CWGC . en.
  3. http://www.cbeale.co.uk/Articles/untamed.html "HM Submarine Untamed (P58) – 1943"
  4. https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16180 "HMS Untamed (P58) (+1943)
  5. "A Re-write of the World War Two Roll of Honour"Eastbourne College
  6. Web site: The War Graves Photographic Project . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110728134431/http://twgpp.org/results.php?sname=&fname=&cemetery=dunoon&country=74&force=4&nationality= . 28 July 2011 . 27 June 2010.