John Wilfred Slater

1891 - 1918  (27 years)

• Name	John Wilfred Slater
  Birth	1891	Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	31 Mar 1901	Horninglow, Staffordshire, England   [2]
  	Address: "Duke of York", 28 Victoria Street
  Residence	2 Apr 1911	Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England   [3]
  	Address: 250 Goodman Street
  Death	2 Dec 1918	France   [4]
  Burial	Abbeville, Somme, France   [4]
  	Name: SLATER, JOHN WILFRED Rank: Private Service Number DM2/170238 Died 02/12/1918 Aged 26 No. 7 G.H.Q. Res. Mechanical Transport Coy. Royal Army Service Corps Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Slater, of Burton-on-Trent; husband of Annie Slater, of Quorn, Loughborough.
  Person ID	I4029	Gilbert
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2022

  
  

  Family	Annie Harris,   b. 1891, Smethwick, Staffordshire, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	30 Nov 1914	Quorn, Leicestershire, England   [5, 6]
  	Marriage date: 30 Nov 1914 Place: Quorn Parish Church County: Leicestershire Denomination: Anglican Groom: John Wilfred Slater, 23, Bachelor, Printer, Nuneaton, Father - Joseph Slater, Carpenter Bride: Annie Harris, 23, Spinster, Domestic S…, Quorn, Father - Richard Harris, Labourer Witnesses: John Orton Lea, Sarah Harris Event type: Parish Registers Archive: Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archive reference: DE725/18
  Children	+ 1. Nancie Beatrice Slater,   b. 4 Sep 1915, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England d. 16 Dec 1999, South East Hampshire, Hampshire, England (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F7341	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2022

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1891 - Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England Residence - Address: "Duke of York", 28 Victoria Street - 31 Mar 1901 - Horninglow, Staffordshire, England Residence - Address: 250 Goodman Street - 2 Apr 1911 - Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England Marriage - 30 Nov 1914 - Quorn, Leicestershire, England Death - 2 Dec 1918 - France Burial - - Abbeville, Somme, France  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Location       : City/Town       : District/Borough       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents

  SLATER, John W: World War 1 Medal Index Card World War 1 medal index card for John W SLATER. He was a Private in the Army Service Corps. He died 2 Dec 1918. He was awarded the Victory Medal and the British War Medal. UK, British Army World War I Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 (ancestry.co.uk)

  
  

• Sources

  [S129] General Register Office (England and Wales), GRO Online Index (Births) - England and Wales, Slater, John Wilfrid; Mother's Maiden Surname: Simnett; GRO Reference: 1891 D Quarter in BURTON UPON TRENT Volume 06B Page 392 (accessed 30 Mar 2020). [S7] 1901 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Slater, John; Birth year: 1892; Birth town: Burton on Trent; Birth county: Staffordshire; Reg dist: Burton upon Trent; Parish: Horninglow; County: Staffordshire; Ref: RG13; Piece: 2645; Folio: 19; Page: 30 (accessed 30 Mar 2020). [S8] 1911 Census (FindMyPast) England and Wales, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Slater, John Wilfred; Birth year: 1892; Birth place: Staffs Burton; Reg dist: Burton upon Trent; Parish: Burton upon Trent; County: Staffordshire; Ref: RG14PN16799 RG78PN1042 RD365 SD4 ED12 SN239 (accessed 30 Mar 2020). [S38] Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), Slater, John Wilfred; Country: France; Cemetery or memorial: Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension; Service number: DM2/170238; Regiment: Royal Army Service Corps; First World War (accessed 30 Mar 2020). [S262] General Register Office (England and Wales), UK BMD (FindMyPast) Marriage index, Slater, John W - Harris, Annie; 1914; Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire; D 7a 342 (accessed 28 Sep 2017). [S266] Leicestershire Marriages (FindMyPast), Slater, John Wilfred - Harris, Annie; 1914; Quorn, Leicestershire (accessed 28 Sep 2017).