Shetland Bus memorial and Torfness House
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Shetland Bus memorial and Torfness House
Image: © Richard Dorrell Taken: 8 Aug 2016
The location is Granary Street, on the Burghead harbour-side. The angled stone in the foreground is a memorial to the men of the Burghead base of the Shetland Bus, and who died in its service. Officially known as the Norwegian Independent Naval Unit, the Shetland Bus was the name given by escaping Norwegians to the Second World War operation which ferried supplies, agents and ammunition to Nazi-occupied Norway and rescued people fleeing from there. The main base for the unit was at Scalloway in Shetland, but there was a subsidiary base at Burghead from late 1941 until summer 1943. The headquarters was at the Salmon Bothy (see Image]). The large building beyond is Torfness House. Torfness House is a former grain store, built about 1810. The building later served as a chandlery, and is now converted into private residential accommodation.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.701958
Longitude
-3.495664