BORN HESSLE, HULL 1893. ELDEST SON OF JOHN & AGNES SLATER, OF HESSLE. HIS FATHER WAS A WHOLESALE GROCER. EDUCATED AT HYMERS.
HE WORKED AS A GROCER’S ASSISTANT (1911 CENSUS).
HE ENLISTED IN AUGUST 1914. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST RIDING YEOMANRY. COMMISSIONED INTO THE 9TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY, ON 02/04/1915. WOUNDED AT THE SOMME, ON 17/09/1916. HE DIED OF WOUNDS AT THE QUEENS ALEXANDRA MILITARY HOSPITAL, MILLBANK LONDON, ON 16/11/1916, AGED 24.
UNMARRIED. HE LEFT £214 IN HIS WILL TO HIS FATHER, AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS. HE ALSO LEFT BROTHERS, THOMAS AND SISTER, FLORA.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HYMERS COLLEGE MEMORIAL.
BURIED IN HESSLE. HIS NAME IS ALSO RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 17/11/1916 & 21/11/1916.
