Talking Stones - Danygraig Cemetery - David Harold Price
More talking stones……………..Danygraig Cemetery
The first interesting point in the photo of the Prices
grave. If we look on the left-hand side
of the photo, and area of grass, which does not have any burials. From information received this area, this
used to be where a church stood before being demolished.
However, this is blog is about the sad tale of poor David
Harold Price, who drowned August 1916.
At the time of the 1911 Census, the then 3-year-old David
Harold was living at 22 Inkerman Street, with his grandmother, Mary Davies, and
his parents, police constable David John and Ada.
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| England and Wales Census 2nd April 1911 22 Inkerman Street, Swansea |
1916, two years since the outbreak of the First World War, the
family had moved to 37 Inkerman Street. David and older brother, Alfred had
been warned against visiting the Sands, by their father.
The Sands by the Fever Hospital, during this time was prohibited
by the military authorises. Sadly, the boys did not pay attention to their
father’s advice after they bathe there, the boys then went towards the Pier. It was here that David accidently fell into
the water.
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| The Cambria Daily Leader 19th August 1916 |
At the inquest regarding his death, which was published in The
Cambria Daily Leader, 19th August 1916, the verdict of David’s death
was returned as “Accidentally Drowning”
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