Add Information to Record of a Person who served during the Great War on The Wartime Memories Project Website

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Pte. Louis Slimmer

British Army 7th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment

from:Hull

(d.23rd March 1918)

Louis Slimmer was my uncle. His father was Victor Slimmer of 245 St Georges Road Hull. Louis joined the 7th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment in 1916 following his brother Harry who joined in 1914. He served at Ypres and on the Somme before transferring to the Machine Gun Corps in 1918. He died in the German offensive around Arras on 23rd of March 1918 and has no known grave but his name is on the Arras Memorial.



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