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]
• 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