Argyll was the birthplace of Combined Operations and much of its territory was used for working up this approach to warfare in World War II. A new Memorial dedicated to Inveraray’s wartime role is to be unveiled by His Grace, the Duke of Argyll at the Argyll Holiday Park on the 27th March 2008 at 2.00pm. During World War II, as Argyll was the focus for developing combined service operations between 1941 and 1945, Inveraray was the site of No 1 Combined Training Centre. Here 250,000 allied soldiers, sailors and airmen were trained in amphibious warfare. Several camps were situated around Loch Fyne but the only one surviving is the Argyll Holiday Park, formerly the Naval Base, HMS Quebec.
The Insignia of Combined Operations shows the Thompson Machine Gun, representing the Army; the Anchor, representing the Navy; and the Wings, representing the RAF.
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