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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Slater Edwin
|Army number=4459422
|Rank=Private.
|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.
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age=(At the time of his death).  Not yet known.
|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.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
|Prisoner of War=Yes - Stalag 20A, PoW Number 6637.
|Home address=47, Hazlewood Avenue, North Shields.
|Source table=1TS
}}