Pennyfuir Cemetery Explained

Pennyfuir Cemetery
Established:19th century
Country:Scotland
Coordinates:56.4287°N -5.4616°W
Map Type:Scotland Argyll and Bute#Scotland
Findagraveid:2133832

Pennyfuir Cemetery is a cemetery in Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It was established in the 19th century.[1]

The cemetery contains 23 graves from the First World War and 58 from the Second World War.[1] [2] Four of the Second World War graves are of airmen who died in the Dunbeath air crash which killed Prince George, Duke of Kent, on 25 August 1942.[2] In the centre of the war cemetery stands the Cross of Sacrifice, constructed from white Portland stone.[2]

Notable burials

Notes and References

  1. https://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst9990.html Pennyfuir Cemetery
  2. https://www.cwgc.org/our-war-graves-your-history/explore-great-britain/scotland-west-region/oban-pennyfuir-cemetery/ Oban (Pennyfuir) Cemetery
  3. The Edinburgh Gazette, 7 November 1893, p. 1166
  4. https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/jun/11/monarchy.gerardseenan "Earl Spencer denies family rift"