Danygraig Cemetery is a large cemetery located in the

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area of

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. The cemetery opened in 1856 and covers around 20 acres. The first person to be buried in the cemetery was Fr Charles Kavanagh, 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

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, including French and Norwegian nationals as well as British casualties.

Burials

Notable burials in the cemetery include: * George Grant Francis (1814-1882), Welsh antiquary *

John Edmondson Manning John Edmondson Manning (22 March 1848–30 April 1910) was an English Unitarian minister. Life The son of John Manning, a schoolmaster in Liverpool, he was born there on 22 March 1848. His brother-in-law, George Beaumont, Unitarian minister at Ga ...

(1846-1910), English Unitarian minister *

Billy Trew Billy Trew (1 July 1878 – 20 August 1926) was a Welsh international centre, outside half and wing who played club rugby for Swansea Rugby Football Club. He won 29 caps for Wales and is seen as one of the key players of the first Golden Age of ...

(1878-1926), Welsh rugby football international * Sigurd Wathne (1898-1942), Norwegian soccer international, died serving as merchant seaman in

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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.

Burials

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