Edwin Slater

M, #3551, b. 10 December 1897, d. 4 June 1915
Pedigree
     Edwin Slater was born on 10 December 1897. He was the son of David Sclater and Margaret Legg. His family was known by the tee-name of "Mash". Edwin died on 4 June 1915 at Neuve Chapelle, Pas de Calais, France, at age 17. Edwin was a Private in the 6th Battalion Gordon Highlanders, killed in World War I. He is commemorated on the Portknockie War Memorial as well as the Le Touret Memorial.1
Charts
Chart (box): Descendants of Alexander Slater "Mash" (b. 1829)
Chart (indented): Descendants of Alexander Slater "Mash" (b. 1829)

Citations

  1. [S2840] Debt of Honour Register and certificate, Casualty No 1562096, "In memory of Private Edwin Slater, 1435, 6th Bn., Gordon Highlanders, who died age 17 on 04 June 1915. Son of David and Maggie Slater, of Rock House, Portknockie, Banffshire. Remembered with honour. Le Touret Memorial. Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission."