Dunoon Cemetery
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| Dunoon Cemetery | |
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 The Bogleha' Road entrance, pictured in 2012 | |
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| Details | |
| Established | 1857 |
| Location | Hamilton Street, Dunoon |
| Country | Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55°57′23″N 4°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]
