Pennyfuir Cemetery
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Cemetery in Oban, Scotland
| Pennyfuir Cemetery | |
|---|---|
| The cemetery in 2006, looking north to Lochan Dubh | |
| Map | |
| Details | |
| Established | 19th century |
| Country | Scotland |
| Coordinates | 56°25′43′′N 5°27′42′′W / 56.4287°N 5.4616°W / 56.4287; -5.4616 |
| Find a Grave | Pennyfuir Cemetery |
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
- David Hutcheson (1799–1880), shipbuilder[1]
- Peter Macnab (1812–1892), architect and joiner[3]
- Frances Shand Kydd (1936–2004), mother of Diana, Princess of Wales [4]
References
- ^ a b c Pennyfuir Cemetery – Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland, Francis Hindes Groome (1901)
- ^ a b c Oban (Pennyfuir) Cemetery – Commonwealth War Graves
- ^ The Edinburgh Gazette , 7 November 1893, p. 1166
- ^ "Earl Spencer denies family rift" – The Guardian , 10 June 2004