The burial grounds where the civilian war dead were buried

The purpose of this page is to help locate the graveyards where the civilian war dead are buried. We hold the burial registers for some of these at the Archive Service. If we do, there are copies of the relevant pages of the register to download.

It should be remembered that not all graves are marked with a headstone.

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Municipal Cemeteries

Most of the burials took place in municipal cemeteries. In Swansea, 74 were buried at Morriston Cemetery, 66 at Danygraig, 60 at Oystermouth and 21 at Cwmgelli. A further two were buried at Kingsbridge Cemetery in Gorseinon. 

All these cemeteries are administered by Swansea Council's Burials and Cremations section, who also hold the registers. Further information about each ground, including location maps and information about how to find it, are on the Swansea Council website. Please note that there is a fee for register searches.

Three people, all members of the same family, were also buried at Llantwit Cemetery in Neath. All of Port Talbot's civilian war dead were buried in Goytre Cemetery, Port Talbot. Both these cemeteries are run by Neath Port Talbot Council and details about the cemeteries service can be found here on the Neath Port Talbot Council website.

Church and chapel burial grounds

Around a third of Swansea's civilian war dead were buried in church or chapel graveyards within the West Glamorgan area. Most of these burials took place either at St Peter's, Cockett (61) or at Bethel, Sketty (25).

These are the graveyards whose records we hold:

St Peter's, Cockett (Church in Wales)
Cockett Road, Cockett, SA2 0FH (Location map)
61 burials:  see the burial register (PDF) [6MB](opens new window)

Bethel, Sketty (Independent)
Carnglas Road, Sketty, SA2 9BJ (Location map)
25 burials:  see the burial register (PDF) [1MB](opens new window)

St Samlet's, Llansamlet (Church in Wales)
Church Road, Llansamlet, SA7 9RL (Location map)
9 burials:  see the burial register (PDF) [676KB](opens new window)

Mynyddbach (Independent)
Off Llangyfelach Road, Tirdeunaw, SA5 7HT (Location map) NB The chapel closed c. 2011 and is now the Calon Lân Centre. 
6 burials:  see the burial register (PDF) [643KB](opens new window) 

St Hilary's, Killay (Church in Wales)
Gower Road, Killay, SA2 7DZ (Location map)
3 burials:  see the burial register (PDF) [615KB](opens new window)

Calfaria, Ravenhill (Baptist)
Carmarthen Road, Fforestfach, SA5 4AD (Location map) NB the chapel has closed and much of the original building has been demolished. What remains is currently used as a nursery.
3 burials:  see the burial register (PDF) [727KB](opens new window)

St Barnabas, Waunarlwydd (Church in Wales)
Off Victoria Road, Waunarlwydd, SA5 4SY (Location map)
1 burial:  see the burial register (PDF) [279KB](opens new window)

St Mary's, Pennard (Church in Wales)
Venaway Lane, Pennard SA3 2EA (Location map)
1 burial:  see the burial register (PDF) [177KB](opens new window)

Burials also took place at the following churches within the West Glamorgan area, but no registers are held by the Archive Service:

Adulam, Bonymaen (Baptist). 1 burial
Cefn Road, Bonymaen, SA1 7JD (Location map)

Caersalem Newydd, Treboeth (Baptist). 2 burials
Llangyfelach Road, Treboeth, SA5 9AU (Location map)

Carmel, Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen (Independent). 1 burial
Heol Cae-Gurwen, Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, SA18 1HG (Location map)

Ebenezer, Lower Brynaman (Independent). 1 burial
Park Street, Lower Brynaman, SA18 1SP (Location map)

Capel y Cwm, Bonymaen (Calvinistic Methodist). 12 burials
Cwm Chapel Road, Bonymaen, SA1 7DH (Location map)

Siloam, Killay (Baptist). 1 burial
Gower Road, Killay, SA2 7AL (Location map)

St John's, Cilybebyll (Church in Wales), Cilybebyll. 1 burial
Church Road, Cilybebyll, SA8 3JR (Location map)