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The Cemetery at Milford Haven contains military graves dating back to the earliest days of the areas military past. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission care for a large number of graves from both World Wars, which are located within the CWGC plot at Milford.
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.
The 42 burials in one plot include 30 victims of a naval disaster which occured off St. Ann's Head on the night of 25 to 26 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.
- Thornton Road, Milford Haven
The men of Milford who fell during both World Wars are commemorated on the Milford Haven War Memorial, which is located at Hamilton Terrace. Due to the sheer number of men from Milford who fell during both wars, I have split the details onto two pages, for WW1 and WW2.
The men of Milford who fell during both World Wars are commemorated on the Milford Haven War Memorial, which is located at Hamilton Terrace. Due to the sheer number of men from Milford who fell during both wars, I have split the details onto two pages, for WW1 and WW2.
This memorial commemorates the residents of Milford Haven who were killed or missing in World War I and World War II, the Korea War and the Iraq War. Do you have more information about this location? Inform us!
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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.
