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Memorial Cairn at Rosneath Castle Park
Alternate Site Name:
Rosneath Bay on the Gare Loch
Location:
Rosneath Castle Park, Near Helensburgh
Argyll Scotland G84 0QS
Historical Significance
The brass plaque, mounted on a stone base, marks the site of an almost-forgotten World War II naval base which was shared by the U.S. Navy and the Royal Navy. U.S. Navy Base Two, also known as HMS ROSNEATH, played a crucial role in the invasions of North Africa, Italy and France, including the D-Day landings, but was dismantled after the war. Apart from this marker, erected in 2000, there is now no sign that the base ever existed.
Historical Marker
- Marker Date: 2000
- Country of Marker Organization: United Kingdom
- Marker Organization: United Kingdom State Society
- Marker Text:
ROSNEATH NAVAL BASE
1941-1945
THIS MARKER IS DEDICATED TO THE UNITED STATES NAVY
CIVIL ENGINEER CORPS OFFICERS, AMERICAN CIVILIAN
CONTRACTORS AND CONSTRUCTION BATTALIONS WHO BUILT
AT ROSNEATH THE FIRST UNITED STATES NAVAL BASE OF
THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN MAINLAND BRITAIN.
IT ALSO HONOURS THE THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN AND
BRITISH FORCES WHO SERVED AT ROSNEATH AND THOSE
WHO TRAINED HERE FOR THE INVASIONS OF NORTH
AFRICA (1942) SICILY (1943), AND FRANCE (1944).
PLACED HERE IN THE YEAR 2000 BY THE UNITED KINGDOM STATE SOCIETY,
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, AND THE ROSNEATH ANVIL TRUST.
Funding
What little maintenance is required is carried out by the Helensburgh area members of the Royal British Legion of Scotland, and the staff of the Rosneath Castle Park caravan site. They do this free of charge.
Physical Condition
- Preserve
Tourism
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