Danygraig Cemetery

Cemetery in Swansea, Wales

Danygraig Cemetery

Ysgol Street entrance and office

Details
Established| 1856
Location|

Port Tennant, Swansea, SA1 8NB

Country| United Kingdom
Coordinates| 51°37′27″N 3°54′53″W﻿ / ﻿51.62403°N 3.91479°W﻿ / 51.62403; -3.91479
Type| Public
Owned by| City and County of Swansea Council
Size| 20 acres
Find a Grave| Danygraig Cemetery

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

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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]

## References

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Media related to Danygraig Cemetery, Swansea at Wikimedia Commons

1. ^ "Danygraig Cemetery". Danygraig Cemetery. Archived from the original on 1 March 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
2. ^ "St David's Priory". St David's Priory. Archived from the original on 1 March 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
3. ^ "Commonwealth War Graves Commission". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Archived from the original on 1 March 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
4. ^ "Sigurd Wathne". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 4 July 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
5. ^ https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/7514998/SIGURD WATHNE/ Archived 2020-10-08 at the Wayback Machine Commonwealth War Graves Commission casualty record. Date retrieved 4 October 2020.