Danygraig Cemetery Explained

Danygraig Cemetery
Established:	1856
Location:	Port Tennant, Swansea, SA1 8NB
Country:	United Kingdom
Coordinates:	51.624°N -3.9148°W
Type:	Public
Owner:	City and County of Swansea Council
Size:	20 acres
Findagraveid:	2320168

Danygraig Cemetery is a large cemetery located in the Port Tennant area of Swansea.

The cemetery opened in 1856 and covers around 20 acres.^[1]

The first person to be buried in the cemetery was Fr Charles Kavanagh,^[2] the local Roman Catholic Priest responsible for the building of St David's Priory, the oldest Catholic Church in Swansea. When the cemetery was being planned, Fr Kavanagh proposed that it be interdenominational.

There are 135 identified casualties of both World Wars buried here as listed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, including French and Norwegian nationals as well as British casualties.^[3]

Burials

Notable burials in the cemetery include:

• George Grant Francis (1814–1882), Welsh antiquary
• John Edmondson Manning (1846–1910), English Unitarian minister
• Billy Trew (1878–1926), Welsh rugby football international
• Sigurd Wathne (1898–1942), Norwegian soccer international,^[4] died serving as merchant seaman in World War II^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Danygraig Cemetery . Danygraig Cemetery . 8 June 2023 . 1 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240301022456/https://www.swansea.gov.uk/danygraigcemetery?lang=en . live .
2. Web site: St David's Priory . St David's Priory . 8 June 2023 . 1 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240301022451/https://stdavids.wixsite.com/website/history . live .
3. Web site: Commonwealth War Graves Commission . Commonwealth War Graves Commission . 8 June 2023 . 1 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240301022121/https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/search-results/?CemeteryExact=true&Cemetery=SWANSEA%20%28DANYGRAIG%29%20CEMETERY . live .
4. Web site: Sigurd Wathne . Olympedia . 15 August 2021 . 4 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210704075347/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/26858 . live .
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/7514998/SIGURD%20WATHNE/ Commonwealth War Graves Commission casualty record. Date retrieved 4 October 2020.