The Swansea Men Who Fell on D‑Day – 6 June 1944
The Swansea Men Who Fell on D‑Day – 6 June 1944 On D‑Day, 6 June 1944 , six men with Swansea ties lost their lives during the opening hours of the Allied landings in Normandy. Their stories, though varied in origin and service, converge in the great sacrifice made on that single historic day. Private John Cavey – Parachute Regiment, 7th Battalion John Cavey La Délivrande War Cemetery credit - findagrave John Cavey , a Private of the Parachute Regiment , Army Air Corps , 7th Battalion , was born in November 1920 in County Dublin, Ireland , the son of Patrick Cavey and Mary Powlesland . Although the surviving documentation of his early years is limited, the Cavey family had settled in Swansea by the interwar period, residing at Carlton Terrace , where Patrick worked as an Engineer’s Fitter . John does not appear in either the 1921 Census or the 1939 Register , a gap that reflects the mobility and economic uncertainty experienced by many working families of the time. By the outbreak o...
