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Dunoon Cemetery | |
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Established | 1857 |
Location | Hamilton Street, Dunoon |
Country | Scotland |
Coordinates | 55°57′23″N4°55′55″W / 55.956466°N 4.931882°W |
Owned by | Argyll and Bute Council |
Find a Grave | Dunoon Cemetery |
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 1.78 acres (0.72 ha), while its extension is 1.57 acres (0.64 ha). [1]
As of 2003 [update] , the cemetery, which is owned by Argyll and Bute Council, contained 3,546 gravestones, with the earliest dating to 1857. [1]
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]
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Events from the year 1943 in Scotland.
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