Slater Edwin Pte 4459422
Personnel Entry
Name Slater Edwin
Army number 4459422
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At the time of his death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests Summer 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Taken Prisoner of War 20/5/1940. Repatriated to the UK. Transferred to the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, and posted to the 11th Battalion. Transferred to the Royal Engineers 1/8/45, Auth: Part II Order 11 A & S H/52/45. Royal Engineers Enlistment Books not available.
Company/Battery C Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War Yes - Stalag 20A, PoW Number 6637.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address 47, Hazlewood Avenue, North Shields.
Source table 1TS
