CWGC: Milford Haven


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Reference WMO/221147

Address:

Milford Haven Cemetery

Thornton Road

Milford Haven

Wales

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: CWGC style Cross of Sacrifice
Materials:
  • Stone Portland stone
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: The two groups of graves constituting the War Graves Plot are situated on the northern boundary of the cemetery, on either side of the central path leading from the entrance, at the head of which stands the Cross of Sacrifice supported by a retaining wall.The cemetery, owned by Milford Haven Urban District Council, is on high ground a mile South-West of the town. It was opened in 1880 and contains war graves of both world wars. The burials of the 1914-1918 War are scattered in various parts of the cemetery. During the 1939-1945 War, two pieces of ground were set aside by the local authorities for service war burials in parts of Sections E and F, which together constitute the War Graves Plot and contain 76 burials. The remainder are scattered elsewhere. The 42 burials in that part of the plot which is in Section F include 30 victims of a naval disaster which occured off St. Ann's Head on the night of 25th/26th April, 1943, when H.M. Landing Craft Gun, 15 and 16, making the voyage from Belfast, capsized in a heavy sea and 73 of their officers and men lost their lives. Many of the bodies were not recovered, and not all of those recovered could be identified; but of those identified 15 were sent home for burial and 23 are buried here, as are 7 others whose identity is not known. Of these, 28 were men of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines from the two landing craft and 2 were naval men from H.M.S. 'Rosemary' sent to assist the L.C.Gs. A naval funeral was conducted at the cemetery on 30th April, at which Detachments from the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Merchant Navy, Royal Air Force, Women's Services and Civil Defence attended. There are now nearly 30, 1914-1918 and almost 100, 1939-1945 war casualties commemorated in this site, 24 of the 1939-1945 war casualties are unidentified. (cCWGC)
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