Oystermouth Cemetery

Oystermouth Cemetery (Welsh: Mynwentydd Ystumllwynarth) is a municipal cemetery in the village of Oystermouth, Swansea, South Wales. It was opened in 1883 [1] and remains in use today, run by the Cemeteries and Crematorium Division of the City and County of Swansea.[2] It has 14,162 grave spaces.

The cemetery contains the Commonwealth war graves of 83 service personnel, 28 from World War I and 55 from World War II.[3]

The cemetery offers "woodland burial ground" as an alternative to traditional burial or cremation, the first of its kind in south-west Wales.[4]

Notable interments

Grave of Rush Rhees

Trevor Ford, Welsh international footballer[5]
William Charles Fuller, World War I Victoria Cross recipient[6]
Charles Michael "Micky" Jones, guitarist, vocalist and founding member of the Welsh band Man[7]
Morfydd Llwyn Owen, musician, composer.
Harry Parr-Davies, composer[8]
Rush Rhees, philosopher and lecturer at Swansea University

References

"Oystermouth Cemetery - The Early Years - A History of Mumbles". google.com.
"Oystermouth Cemetery, with list of casualties". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
"Swansea - Woodland burial at Oystermouth cemetery". swansea.gov.uk.
"Funeral for Trevor Ford". Wales on Sunday. 1 June 2003. Archived from the original on 2 December 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017 – via HighBeam Research.
"WILLIAM CHARLES FULLER VC". victoriacross.org.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
"Find A Grave - Oystermouth Cemetery". findagrave.com.
Dr Rhidian Griffiths, Aberystwyth (2001). "Parr-Davies, Harry (formerly Davies, Harry Parr; 1914 - 1955), pianist and composer". National Library of Wales biography. The National Library of Wales (Dictionary of Welsh Biography). Retrieved 1 December 2017.

External links

Oystermouth cemetery at swansea.gov
Oystermouth Cemetery at A History of Mumbles

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[1] "Oystermouth Cemetery - The Early Years - A History of Mumbles". google.com.

[3] "Oystermouth Cemetery, with list of casualties". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 16 December 2016.

[4] "Swansea - Woodland burial at Oystermouth cemetery". swansea.gov.uk.

[5] "Funeral for Trevor Ford". Wales on Sunday. 1 June 2003. Archived from the original on 2 December 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017 – via HighBeam Research.

[6] "WILLIAM CHARLES FULLER VC". victoriacross.org.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2016.

[7] "Find A Grave - Oystermouth Cemetery". findagrave.com.

[8] Dr Rhidian Griffiths, Aberystwyth (2001). "Parr-Davies, Harry (formerly Davies, Harry Parr; 1914 - 1955), pianist and composer". National Library of Wales biography. The National Library of Wales (Dictionary of Welsh Biography). Retrieved 1 December 2017.