Edward Ernest Bateman

Edward Ernest Bateman's name may have eroded from his headstone at Danygraig Cemetery, St. Thomas.  The inscription on his headstone although reads

“…………………………………………………………………….

Beloved Husband of

MABEL BATEMAN

Who served through the Great

European War 1914 – 1919 with the

6^th Welsh Regt. And came

home to died August 26^th 1918.

Aged 40 years.”

Greater Love Hath No Man Than This

That He Lay Down His Life For His Friends 

28th August 1918, The Cambria Daily Leader, reported in the Sketty about the death of Ernest Bateman, who had been discharged from the Army, a week earlier.

Ernest who had been one of Swansea's "Old Contemptibles".  The South Wales Weekly Post reported on 7th September 1918, the surroundings of Ernest's death.  Also reported in the same newspaper, an article reporting the funeral 

At the time of his death, Ernest's Effects, as recorded in the Army Registers' of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929, amounted to £14 8s 4d., this amount having been left to his wife Mabel.

Before the war, Edward Ernest, who had the time of the 1911 Census, aged 34,  was living at 35 Trafalgar Place, Brynmill, Swansea, living with his wife, Mable, who married 904, and his two children, Gwendoline, aged 4 and Edward, aged 2.  Edward's occupation at this time was Tailor Traveller

 Even though his name may have eroded, his name liveth on.