Bethel Sketty Cemetery
Preserving the History and Legacy of Bethel Sketty Cemetery
Dedication to those who never returned home
There are many dedications on family graves here at Bethel remembering those who did not return home.
(if you click on the name it will take you to the CWGC site)
Service Number: 2733663
2n Bn Welsh Guard
Died 13 May 1940 Age 25 years old
Buried at HOOK OF HOLLAND GENERAL CEMETERY Row F. Coll. grave 58-60. Netherlands
Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. David Thomas Cornelius, of Swansea. Dedication on the family grave Bethel Row29 grave11
Service Number: 15212
Regiment Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 74th Coy.
Died 20 August 1916
Commemorated at THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Pier and Face 5 C and 12 C. France
Dedication on family grave
Bethel Row 16 grave 1
CSM William Davies
He served with the 6th Battalion Welsh Regiment, old Swansea Rifles, which was a Volunteer unit. He was then transferred to the 306 Labour Corps, which was a unit to look after POW's. He was discharged due to ill-health.
Buried at Bethel Old Cemetery
Application in to be considered as War Grave
Service Number: 13001478
Regiment Pioneer Corps 50 Coy., Aux. Mil.
Died 17 June 1940 Age 37 years old
Commemorated at DUNKIRK MEMORIAL Column 150. France
Additional Info Son of George and Sarah Dicks; husband of Mary Hannah Dicks, of Fforestfach, Swansea.
Bethel Row 29, grave 33 or 34.
Service Number: 1230826
Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Died 04 May 1945
Buried at CALCUTTA (BHOWANIPORE) CEMETERY, KOLKATA Plot L. G
Bethel Row 4 grave 22
Service Number: D/MX 70976
Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Navy H.M.S. Charybdis
Died 23 October 1943
Commemorated at PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL Panel 83, Column 1.
Bethel Row 30 grave 27A
Lt Hamilton was an S.O.E operative in France during WW2. He was captured and killed by the Gestapo. He has no known grave.
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Bethel Row 49 grave 32
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Service Number: S/11817
Regiment Royal Army Service Corps Died Between 28 May 1940 and between 02 June 1940 Age 33 years old
Commemorated at Dunkirk Memorial Column 133. France
Additional Info Son of Rees and Elizabeth Anne Jones; husband of Charlotte Elizabeth Jones, of Town Hill, Swansea. PS Waverley (1899-1940)
Bethel Row 11 grave 1
Lt W J Morgan
Died of Wounds 1924
Buried at Bethel
Bethel Row 20 grave 8.
Service Number: 1653099
Regiment Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 55 Sqdn.
Died 03 July 1944 Age 21 years old
Commemorated at ANCONA WAR CEMETERY I. A. 3.
Son of Elwyn and Rose Ruth Owen, of Town Hill, Swansea.
Personal Inscription BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES ARE ALL WE HAVE LEFT OF ONE WE LOVED AND SHALL NEVER FORGET
Bethel Row 38 grave 9
Service Number: 7594090
Royal Army Ordnance Corps 1
Died 17 June 1940 Age 25 years old
Buried NOIRMOUTIER-EN-L'ILE CEMETERY Row 2. Grave 13. France
Son of Alfred James Gilbert and Beatrice May Phillips, of St. Thomas, Swansea, husband of Elizabeth Phillips.
Row 15 Grave 40
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Service Number: 5766
Regiment & Unit/Ship Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 4th Bn
Died 15 May 1917
Buried or commemorated at VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL France
Location, back of Bethel chapel on the path.
Service Number: 2738563
Regiment 1st Battalion Welsh Guards Date of Death Died 16 February 1945 Age 19 years old
Buried or commemorated at MOOK WAR CEMETERY II D.17.Netherlands
Row 15 Grave 23
Service Number: 25276
Regiment Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 114th Coy.
Date of Death Died 24 August 1917
Buried or commemorated at DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY III. H. 9. Belgium
Row 19 Grave 41
Service Number: 31577
Regiment South Wales Borderers 10th Bn.
Date of Death 02 September 1918
Buried VARENNES MILITARY CEMETERY III. G. 19. France
Personal Inscription FORGET HIM, NO WE NEVER WILL WE LOVED HIM HERE WE LOVE HIM STILL
Row 56 Grave 51A
Service Number: L/8015
Regiment The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 2nd Bn.
Date of Death 28 September 1915
Commemorated at LOOS MEMORIAL
Panel 15 to 19. France
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Row 16 Grave 36
Service Number: 2761
Regiment Welsh Regiment H.Q. Coy., 10th Bn.
Date of Death 22 March 1917
Age 31 years old
Buried at BARD COTTAGE CEMETERY II. D. 16. Belgium
Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Clement, of 18, Bellevue St., Swansea. Personal Inscription THE LORD GAVE THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY BLESSED LORD
Row 10 Grave 26
Service Number: 17865
Regiment Welsh Regiment 14th Bn
Date of Death 15 September 1919
commemorated at
BROOKWOOD 1914-1918 MEMORIAL Panel 3.
Row 10 Grave 15.
Approved by the CWGC as a War Grave 2024
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Service Number: 7294
Regiment 2nd Bn. Welsh Regiment
Date of Death 31 Oct1914
Age 29 years old
Commemorated at YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Panel 37. Belgium
Additional Info
Son of Thomas and Mary Charlotte Davies, of 23, Brunswick St., Swansea.
Row 20 Grave 44
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Merchant Navy S.S. Empire Amethyst (Middlesbrough)
Date of Death 14 April 1942
Age 17 years old
Commemorated at TOWER HILL MEMORIAL Panel 38.
Additional Info Son of Herbert John and Helene Alice Williams, of Mayhill, Swansea.
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Memorial Grave at Bethel, location tbc
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Service Number: D/MX 65096
Ship Royal Navy H.M.S. Neptune
Died 19 December 1941 Age 22 years old
Commemorated at
PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Panel 55, Column 1.
Birth place , Swansea, Glam
Additional Info Son of John William Scott, and of J. G. Scott, of Westbourne, Bournemouth, Hampshire.
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Memorial grave at Bethel, Location TBC
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Service Number: 2820
Regiment South Staffordshire Regiment 1st/6th Bn.
Died 02 July 1916 Age 24 years old
Buried WARLINCOURT HALTE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAULTY I. E. 6. France
Additional Info Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Walters, of 92, Hawthorne Avenue, Swansea. Native of Wolverhampton.
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Personal Inscription TILL THE DAY DAWNS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Memorial grave at Bethel, Location TBC
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Service Number: 14200843
Regiment Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 8th Bn.
Died 18 April 1945 Age 22 years old
Buried ARGENTA GAP WAR CEMETERY I, B, 9. Italy
Additional Info Son of Arthur and Edith Mary Horton, of Swansea.
Personal Inscription SWEET MEMORIES "LORD, REMEMBER ME WHEN THOU COMEST INTO THY KINGDOM"
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Location Row 2 Grave 20
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Service Number: 309624
Regiment Royal Engineers
319th Road Construction Coy.
Died 25 September 1917
Buried at LA CLYTTE MILITARY CEMETERY
III. B. 18.
Belgium
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Memorial at Bethel location TBC
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Service Number: P/JX 707081
Ship Royal Navy H.M.S. Quorn
Died 03 August 1944
Commemorated at PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL Panel 84, Column 1. 1944
Bethel Row25 Grave 48
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Regiment Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st/2nd Bn. attd. 15th Bn.
Died 25 July 1917 Age 25
Buried WELSH CEMETERY (CAESAR'S NOSE) I. B. 10. Belgium
Additional Info Son of James and Elizabeth Lloyd, of 2, Belmont Terrace, Cwmbwran, Swansea.
Personal Inscription FOR EVER WITH THE LORD
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Location of memorial at Bethel TBC
Service Number: S/3247
Regiment Rifle Brigade 13th Bn.
Died 23 April 1917 Age 29
Buried POINT-DU-JOUR MILITARY CEMETERY, ATHIES
I. E. 13. France
Additional Info Son of John William and Sarah Edwards, of 6, King Edward's Rd., Swansea.
Personal Inscription L LEFAIS ARNAT O ARGLWYDD A DYWEDAIS TI YW FY NGOBAITH I
Ship - Merchant Navy
S.S. Empire Amethyst (Middlesbrough)
Died 14 April 1942
Age 17 years old
Commemorated at
TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Panel 38.
Additional Info Son of Herbert John and Helene Alice Williams, of Mayhill, Swansea.
Service Number: 10303
Regiment South Wales Borderers 2nd Bn
Died 31 May 1915 Age 24
Buried at PINK FARM CEMETERY, HELLES
IV. A. 11. Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Additional Info Son of Selina Slater (formerly Jennings), of 5, Fairfield Terrace, Swansea, and the late John Jennings. Of Walsall.
Personal Inscription THY WILL BE DONE
Service Number: 14235100
Regiment Rifle Brigade 2nd Bn.
Died 11 June 1944 Age 22
Buried BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY
IV, C, 9. Italy
Additional Info Son of George Pentland Weetch and Lilian Ann Weetch, of Hafod, Swansea.
Personal Inscription YOUR MEMORY IS OUR DEAREST TREASURE IN OUR HEARTS YOU'LL ALWAYS BE
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Service Number: 17145
Regiment Hampshire Regiment 2nd Bn.
Died 06 August 1915
Commemorated at HELLES MEMORIAL Panel 126-135 or 223-226 228-229 & 328.
Turkey (including Gallipoli)
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Bethel Row 4 Grave 21
Service Number: 32877
Regiment South Lancashire Regiment 2nd/4th Bn.
Died 07 October 1918
Buried at ANNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY I. C. 26. France
Location of memorial at Bethel TBC
Ship Merchant Navy Motor Tanker "Barbro" (Norway)
Died 19 September 1941
Commemorated at
TOWER HILL MEMORIAL Panel 103A (Addenda) United Kingdom
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M/T Barbro - Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945 (warsailors.com)
William Hughes (British) - Crew lists of Ships hit by U-boats - uboat.net
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Location of Memorial at Bethel TBC
Service Number: 63800
Regiment Royal Garrison Artillery
20th Siege Bty.
Died 12 September 1917
Age 27 years old
Buried GWALIA CEMETERY
II. A. 18. Belgium
Additional Info Son of David and Sarah Ann Mitchell, of 18, Recorder St., Swansea.
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Location of Memorial at Bethel TBC
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Service Number: 725717
Regiment Royal Field Artillery
"A" Bty. 52nd Army Bde.
Died 02 September 1918
Age 42 years old
Buried WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY VIII. H. 12. France
Awards Military Medal
Additional Info Husband of Florence Jane Roe, of 12, Gordon Terrace, Swansea.
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Location of Memorial at Bethel TBC
Service Number: R/3273
Regiment Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Nelson Bn. R.N. Div.
Died 11 October 1917
Age 19 years old
Commemorated at
TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Panel 2 to 3. Belgium
Additional Info Son of Alfred Lawrence and Catherine Buckland, of 21, Beyn-ymor Rd., Swansea.
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Location of Memorial at Bethel TBC
Service Number 53552
Regiment Cheshire Regiment 15th Bn.
Died 23 April 1918
Buried
I. D. 4. France
Location of Memorial at Bethel TBC
Service Number: 969496
Regiment Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 24 Sqdn.
Died 07 December 1941
Age 21 years old
Buried KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA 8. D. 11.
Libya
Additional of Edmund and Elizabeth J. Thomas, of Hafod, Swansea.
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Location at Bethel TBC
Service Number: 16088
Regiment South Lancashire Regiment 9th Bn.
Died 14 November 1917
Buried or commemorated at
E. 1095.
Greece
Location of Memorial at Bethel TBC
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Service Number: 65206
Regiment Welsh Regiment 18th Bn.
Date of Death
Died 13 April 1918
Buried or commemorated at
Panel 7.
Belgium
Location of Memorial at Bethel TBC
Service Number: 44341
Regiment 2nd Bn Suffolk Regiment
Died 01 October 1918
Age 24 years old
Commemorated at
VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL
Panel 4. France
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Husband of Hilda Jones, of Belmont, Gowerton, Swansea
Located in the Old part of Cemetery
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