Percy Slack
Service number
202778
Military unit
Address
Ash Villa, Sheepbridge Lane, Mansfield.
Date of birth
Date of death
09 Oct 1917 (20 years old)
Place of birth
Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies
Grocer's assistant.
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Family history
Parents: Frederick and Elizabeth Slack of Ash Villa, Sheepbridge Lane, Mansfield.
Military history
1/5th bn West Yorkshire Reg (Prince of Wales Own). Attested 08/12/1915 aged 18 years and 300 days. In France from 19/07/1916.
Extra information
Mansfield Chronicle Advertiser: 08/11/1917, Photograph. Mr and Mrs Slack of Ash Cottage, Sheepbridge Lane, Mansfield. Percy was their only son. He enlisted 20/03/1916. He had taken part in the taking of Thiepval on 28/09/1916. He was a Lewis Gunner with the West Yorkshire Regiment. He was killed by a sniper's bullet. A letter was included in the report.
This man is commemorated in a book of remembrance held by Mansfield District Council.
Photographs
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