Remembering the Inter‑War, Second World War and Post‑Second World War Casualties Buried at Cwmgelli Cemetery, Swansea
Remembering the Inter‑War, Second World War and Post‑Second World War Casualties Buried at Cwmgelli Cemetery, Swansea Across nearly three decades of service — from the closing years of the First World War , through the long inter‑war peace, into the darkness of the Second World War , and onward into the uncertain years that followed — the men of Swansea and its surrounding districts gave their lives in the uniform of every branch of the armed forces. They served in regiments, ships, squadrons, and reserve units that carried them far from the familiar streets of the city: to barracks and searchlight stations, to destroyers and depot ships, to airfields and operational squadrons. Some died in the quiet years after 1918; others in the great conflict that followed; and some in the final post‑war period as Britain rebuilt its forces and its future. All were brought home to Cwmgelli Cemetery , where they rest side by side — the inter‑war dead, the wartime fallen, and the post‑war casualties ...
