12th Flotilla Midget Submarines-Memorial Garden


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Reference WMO/178024

Address:

Car Park at West End of Village, by Bus Terminus and Public Toilets

Port Bannatyne, Isle of Bute

PA20 0NY

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Garden
Lettering: Other
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: A white display board set on the wall at the west end of the garden, which is along the south wall of this parking area. At the east end of the garden there is the head end of a torpedo which doubles as a collection box for donations towards upkeep. The 65 medals mentioned in the inscription were 11 DSO, 17 DSC, 6 CGM, 12 DSM, 3 CBE, 1 OBE, 10 MBE and 4 BEM.At the other end of the village is a tablet which gives the names of the casualties- see WMO/68774
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Welcome to Port Bannatyne/V Day 60th Anniversary Celebration/This garden is dedicated to the brave men of the Midget Submarines/[very faded picture, apparently of the Kyles Hotel]/Between 1942-1945 the Kyles Hydropathic Hotel was requisitioned as/HMS Varbel, and used as Headquarters for the 12th Submarine Flotilla/(X-Craft Midget Submarines)/They operated in Norway, Italy and the Far East/Between them they won 4 Victoria Cross Medals, 65 Prestigious medals and/were mentioned in dispatches more than 100 times./For more information go to www.errol19@ntl.world.com. /This garden was part funded by Heritage Lottery Fund

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