BORN HULL 1894. YOUNGEST SON OF THOMAS SLEIGHT (1853-1922) & JULIA RHODES GAMBLE (1856-1907), AND STEP MOTHER, SARAH SLEIGHT, OF 351, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL AND 37 MERSEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A GROCER’S ASSISTANT (1911 CENSUS). DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 131 LBS WEIGHT, 36-38 INCH CHEST SIZE, BLUE EYES, DARK BROWN HAIR. HE HAD EIGHT BROTHERS, THREE MARRIED, FIVE SINGLE, AND ONE SISTER, HILDA, LIVING AT 37 MERSEY STREET, HULL.
ENLISTED ON 02/09/1914. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 10/153, 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO EGYPT, ON 15/12/1915. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 07/03/1916. TRANSFERRED TO THE 9TH YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/06/1917, AGED 23. SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 2 YEARS AND 271 DAYS. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, TOM.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, 23967, GEORGE SLEIGHT, 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/04/1918, AGED 29.
