THE fascinating story of the Rosneath naval base in World War Two was outlined to members of Helensburgh Heritage Trust at their meeting in Helensburgh Tennis Club on Wednesday February 25 2009.
The guest speaker was peninsula man Dennis Royal, author of ‘United States Navy Base Two: Americans at Rosneath 1941-45’ and the man who led the successful campaign for a memorial — erected in 2000 — to the American and British forces who served or trained at Rosneath during that period.
He told of the huge changes brought about in the area and its way of life as a result of the building of the base, and showed a collection of photographs of that period. Over sixty years on, little evidence now remains of the American presence in wartime.
- Mr Royal (left) is pictured with Trust chairman Stewart Noble. Photo by Donald Fullarton.
