WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 46591 | Pte. Frederick Slater | Notts. & Derby (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment. | b.1896 |
| Medal Card | Awarded Victory and British Medals | ||
| Roll of Honour AVL |
RoH: Wounded on the Western Front AVL Address: Union Street. B Coy 9th Sherwood Foresters |
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| Forces war records web site | Lack of 1915 Star suggest he was conscripted probably in
1916. The battalion served as follows from mid-1916 when the battalion had
returned from Egypt (the RoH does not mention service in Egypt): 9th (Service) Battalion Feb 1916 Deployed to Egypt and took over a section of the Suez Canal defences. July 1916 Deployed to France and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including; The capture of the Wundt-Werk, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Thiepval. 1917 Operations on the Ancre, The Battle of Messines, The Battle of the Langemarck, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Broodseinde, The Battle of Poelcapelle. 1918 The Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of the Drocourt-Quant Line, The Battle of the Canal du Nord, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Sambre. 11.11.1918 Ended the war south of Mons, Belgium |
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Family history etc
| Frederick Slater | |||
| B. 1896 | Born in Cropwell Bishop | ||
| 1901 Census | Living in Plumtree with: Father: Fred Slater, b.1865 Granby Mother: Jane b.1868 Cropwell Bishop Siblings: George, b. 1892 Cropwell Bishop Dinah, b. 1894 Cropwell Bishop Donald, b. 1897 Flawborough Emily , b.1900 Plumtree |
Waggoner on farm |
Note: Older brother John, b. 1887: 1891 - living with the family in Cropwell 1901 - Servant to and boarding with a coal merchant in Plumtree. |
| 1911 Census | Living in Plumtree with: Father: Fred Mother: Jane Siblings: John, b.1887 Cropwell Bishop Donald Emily |
Farm Labourer Waggoner on Farm Carter on Railway Labourer on Farm |
Brother George was working as a cowman in Pilsley and sister Dinah was
a domestic servant at Strelley Hall Donald served in WW1, click on name to learn more. |
| 1920 | Frederick married Sarah A Lawton (b. Orston 1898). Children: Clarence, b. September 1920 Donald, b. March qtr 1926 |
His son, Clarence Frederick Slater, Aircraftsman 1st class 631548, RAF 98 Sqdn. was lost in SS Lancastria 17/6/1940 age 19. Runnymede Memorial Panel 26.The Lancastria was bombed off St Nazaire with over 6,000 embassy staff, refugees, soldiers and RAF personnel on board. A ‘D’ notice prevented the reporting of the disaster. | |
| Electoral register | 1921-23: Fred Slater (jnr), Fred and Jane Slater (presumably
Fred jnr’s parents), lived in Union Street. 1924 Only Fred Slater jnr in Union Street 1925-6: Frederick Slater lived on Long Acre East. 1927-9: Frederick Slater was at Starnhill Farm. 1930-1: Fred and Annie Slater lived in Market Street. |
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| 1926 | Sarah died in December 1926 | ||
| 1927 | Frederick married Annie Green (b. Cropwell Butler in 1905) Doreen, b. 1929 Bingham John b.1936 Bingham |
The 1911 census shows Annie was living in Needham Street with parents John and Mary Green. | |
| Electoral Roll | 1930/31: Frederick and Annie living in Market Street | ||
| 1939 Register | Church Lane, Bingham: Frederick Slater, b. 23 Apr 1895, married Annie Slater, b. 11 Oct 1905, married Donald Slater b. 11 Jan 1926 Two closed records Elsie May Slater (later Phyllis, Clarkson) 18 Jan 1922 |
Horseman on Farm (Heavy work) Unpaid domestic duties At school Probably Doreen and John Hospital Nurse |
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| 1967 1991 |
Frederick died in Nottingham. Annie died (family tree) |
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