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Rflmn. Henry Thomas William Slater
British Army 21st (1st Surrey Rifles) Btn London Regiment
from:Camberwell
(d.6th May 1917)
On 24th of February 1917, Territorial Soldier, Rifleman Henry Slater of 21st (1st Surrey Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment was attached to the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, who were then in the trenches at Hill 60 sub sector.
At the age of 25 years, Rifleman Slater died on 6th of May 1917 and is buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery. He was was posthumously awarded the British War and Victory Medals. The medals were dispatched to his father, Henry Slater of Camberwell, on 28th December 1921.