Oystermouth Cemetery Explained

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

See also

• Cwmgelli Cemetery, another cemetery in Swansea

External links

• • Oystermouth Cemetery at A History of Mumbles

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Oystermouth Cemetery – The Early Years – A History of Mumbles.
2. http://www.swansea.gov.uk/article/4054/Oystermouth-cemetery Oystermouth cemetery
3. Web site: Oystermouth Cemetery, with list of casualties. . 16 December 2016.
4. Web site: Swansea – Woodland burial at Oystermouth cemetery. swansea.gov.uk.
5. News: Funeral for Trevor Ford . https://web.archive.org/web/20171202052729/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-102787131.html . dead . 2 December 2017 . Wales on Sunday . 1 June 2003 . 1 December 2017.
6. Web site: William Charles FullerVC. victoriacross.org.uk. 27 December 2016.
7. Web site: Parr-Davies, Harry (formerly Davies, Harry Parr; 1914–1955), pianist and composer. National Library of Wales biography. Dr Rhidian Griffiths, Aberystwyth . 2001. The National Library of Wales (Dictionary of Welsh Biography). 1 December 2017.