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

References
  1. "Oystermouth Cemetery - The Early Years - A History of Mumbles". google.com.
  2. Oystermouth cemetery at Swansea Council website, 4 September 2018
  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 FullerVC". victoriacross.org.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  7. "Micky Jones". Find A Grave.
  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.

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