Pembroke Dock Military Cemetery is a burial ground for military personnel. It is located in Llanion, Pembroke Dock in Wales. It is the only dedicated military cemetery in Wales. The cemetery is believed to have opened around 1860, the date on its earliest graves. Forty Commonwealth service personnel who participated in the

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and 33 from the

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are buried here. The most recent burial was in 1955. A

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within the cemetery grounds is used as a focal point for commemoration events. The cemetery was forced to close to the public in 2013, when a 20-foot-deep sinkhole opened up around the grave of Private Francis Ryan. The incident was believed to have been caused by water erosion of the limestone beneath Ryan's grave. The cemetery partially reopened in January 2014 with the affected area fenced off, before clay-cement grouting was used to fill in the sinkhole, allowing the cemetery to fully reopen in April 2014. The cemetery is owned by the Ministry of Defence and managed by the

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group.

References

External links

Pembroke Dock Military Cemetery page on Commonwealth War Graves Commission website
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