BORN HULL 15/05/ 898. SON OF ROBERT SLEIGHT (1867-1934) AND RACHAEL KAY LORD (1861-1946), OF 11, WHITWORTH STREET, SOUTHCOATES, AVENUE, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD A BROTHER AND TWO SISTERS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, DRIVER, 228365, R.A.S.C. TRANSFERRED TO THE 8TH EAST SUREY REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/10/1918, AGED 20. (BATTLE OF SELLE). HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER RACHEL. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ST AIDENS CHURCH, WW1 MEMORIAL PLAQUE, SOUTHCOATES AVENUE, HULL.
BURIED AT PREUX-AU-BOIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY, NORD, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “WE LOVED HIM WELL BUT JESUS LOVED HIM BEST”.
HIS ONLY BROTHER, RAYMOND ROGERS SLEIGHT, DIED OF CONSUMPTION, IN HULL, ON 03/07/1919, AGED 18.
First name:
THEODORE HARLEY
Regiment:
Military Number:
25905
Rank:
Private
Date Died
25/10/1918
Place died:
PREUX-AU-BOIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY, NORD, FRANCE
Age:
20
11 , WHITWORTH STREET, SOUTHCOATES, AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
