STATLER Raymond
Raymond STATLER
Lance Sergeant 54145, 18th Welsh Regiment
Died of Wounds aged 33 on 13th July 1917 in FRANCE
Buried at FINS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, SOREL-LE-GRAND, The Somme.
Husband of Jessie and Father of four: John (Jack) Henry; Lily Eleanor; Rose Laverne and Jessie (junior).
Before he joined the army William was a cabinet maker and picture framer and had a shop in the High Street Arcade, Swansea.
His wife, Jessie moved to 4, Dumfries Place, Mumbles,
Son of J.H. & M. Statler, 1, Titchbourne Street, Mumbles.
‘He had been nine months at the front’.
Raymond STATLER
Ray and Jessie STATLER and their four children
Left to right:- John (Jack) Henry; Raymond (Ray); Lily Eleanor; Jessie (née Harwood); Baby Rose Laverne and Jessie (junior)
Raymond STATLER
Died of Wounds aged 33 on 13th July 1917 in FRANCE
Buried at FINS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, SOREL-LE-GRAND, The Somme.
Raymond STATLER and his family, were mentioned in this article below:-
The beginning is always a good place to start a story, so that is where I shall begin. My father, William Flowers was a cabinet maker and picture framer and at the beginning of the century, he had a shop in the High Street Arcade, Swansea, and a flat above it. When war broke out in 1914, he had to leave his business to go and fight. My mother, Ruth Flowers nee Harwood, decided that she would like to live in the Mumbles and duly found him a shop in Dumfries Place, where he could take up his business again when the war ended. She would also be near to her sister, Jessie Statler, who was a war widow with small children to look after. (As seen in the photo above).
The story can be followed using the link above.
Mumbles War Memorial at Southend Gardens > 1914-18 and 1939-45
Mumbles War Memorial SINCE 1945 >
All Saints' Church, Oystermouth > 1914-18 Memorial
All Saints Church Oystermouth Swansea 1939-1945 Memorial >
The Shrine, the First War Memorial at Southend, Mumbles >
Modifications to the memorial down the years