The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Private J Slade
Photograph by "Len"
Private John SLADE, G/524, 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, (grenade wound head & right hand), 9 Red Cross Hospital, Calais, France, 2.00pm 26th March 1916, age 26.
Born Sevenoaks, Kent, son of William and Annie Slade, of 1, Hartsland Road, Sevenoaks, Kent.
Previously served 3rd Battalion (Special Reserve), Royal West Kent Regiment.
Enlisted Tonbridge, Kent, age 25, height 5ft 11 inches, scar on back of right hand. Formerly carman.
Home 31st August 1914 to 31st May 1915; BEF 1st June 1915 to 26th March 1916.
31st August 1914, enlisted; 2nd September 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 2nd September 1914, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st June 1915, embarked; 29th August 1915, attached 2nd Corps Wood, cutting detachment; 1st October 1915 rejoined Unit In the Field; 4th November 1915, 7 days Field Punishment No.2.; 15th March 1916, 33 Casualty Clearing Station, wounded, grenade wound head & right hand; 27th March 1916, Lahore British General Hospital, Calais, France, reports 520 J Slade, died 2.00pm 26th March 1916, in 9 Red Cross Hospital, Calais.
30th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, William Slade, age 65, No.1, (Sandy Lane), Hartsland Road, Sevenoaks, Kent; Mother, Annie Slade, age 63, 1 Sandy Lane, Sevenoaks, Kent; Brothers - William Slade, age 39, 1 Sandy Lane, Sevenoaks, Kent; George Thomas Slade, age 27, 1 Sandy Lane, Sevenoaks, Kent; Chateley? Slade, age 22, Royal Pavilion Hospital, Brighton; Arthur Henry Slade, age 17, 1 Sandy Lane, Sevenoaks, Kent; Sisters - Mary Bailey, age 33, 95 Risdale Road, Annerley, London; Annie Terry, age 31, 11 Grove Road, Greatness, Sevenoaks.
From Pension Records - Father, William Slade; Lily Cowell, Guardian of illegimate child; W Cowell, Guardian of illegimate child.
Buried at Cemetery, Plot C. Row 1. Grave 9, France. Commemorated on Sevenoaks War Memorial.
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