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{{Personnel
|id=2948
|Surname and forenames=Slater Richard
|Army number=4455960
|Rank=Pte
|Date of birth=2/2/1921 in Lanchester District.  Mother's maiden name Hall.
|Age=0
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, 18/5/1939.  Posted ? 8th Bn DLI.   Embodied 1/9/1939.  Posted 11th Bn DLI (probably 1/9/1939).   BEF.  Dunkirk. Served Iceland.  Posted 16th Bn DLI.  Trf Royal Army Service Corps 18/11/44, docs to Hastings 26/1/45.  Class Z Army Reserve 14/8/1946.
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
|Task or role=Section Commander in 16th DLI.
|Promotions=W/S Corporal.  W/S Sergeant.  P/A/WOII (RASC).
|Died/Killed in action=Died 23/5/1993 in Wigton, Cumbria, aged 72.
|Home address=Son of Richard and Henrietta Slater.  Married Joan Jackson in Dalton in Furness, 7/12/1946.
|Image Name=1944poss_Corporal-_Egypt.jpg
|Image Title=Cpl Richard Slater in Egypt
|Source table=11DLI
}}