Oystermouth Cemetery

Cemetery in Mumbles, Swansea, Wales

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

Trevor Ford, Welsh international footballer^[5]
William Charles Fuller, World War I Victoria Cross recipient^[6]
Morfydd Llwyn Owen, musician, composer.
Harry Parr-Davies, composer^[7]
Rush Rhees, philosopher and lecturer at Swansea University

References

^ "Oystermouth Cemetery – The Early Years – A History of Mumbles".
^ Oystermouth cemetery at Swansea Council website, 4 September 2018
^ "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.
^ "William Charles FullerVC". victoriacross.org.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
^ 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.