Lives of the First World War

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ID: 4069688

Reference: WO372/18

Title: Medal Index Card

Description: Medal index cards were created by the Army Medal Office towards the end of the First World War. They record the medals that men and women who served in the First World War were entitled to claim.

UPP: GBM/MCI/4073635

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7199826

Reference: CWGCCASUALIWM

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records

Description: The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) commemorate First World War servicemen and women and members of some civilian organisations who died before 31 August 1921 while in Commonwealth military service or of causes attributable to service.

Connected by: Imperial1

UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/235933

Additional: This record has been automatically matched to the Life Story by IWM, using rules based on name, rank, number, regiment and service.

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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ID: 7655008

Name: Eighth Edition

Title: Marlborough College Register 1843 - 1933

Description: List of students who attended Marlborough College

Connected by: Beverly42842

Additional: Name and death match

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ID: 7655009

Name: The International Journal of the History of Sport March 2011

Title: In Memoriam: The Great War - John Bain, Elegist of Lost Boys and Lost Boyhood

Description: By J.A. Mangan

Connected by: Beverly42842

Additional: Name match

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ID: 8638973

Name: ISBN 978 1 47382 714 1 or EPUB ISBN 978 1 47386 418 4; page 8

Title: Final Wicket:Test andFirst Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War

Description: Biography in the book by Nigel McCrery (2014).

Connected by: Katherine27600

URL: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6mphCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA8&lpg=PA8&dq=capt+leonard+slater,+cricketer&source=bl&ots=HM6lyZLWE3&sig=1K5bg9yzSxhmh3nukp3jD0Q4Aw8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwijiuKr_9HLAhWCtRQKHb74A38Q6AEIITAB#v=onepage&q=capt%20leonard%20slater%2C%20cricketer&f=false
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Additional: The names and military details match his life story.

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ID: 8639006

Name: September 8, 201

Title: Country Cricket: A black day for cricket

Description: An article by Arunabha Sengupta regarding the battle of Aisne wher 4 first class cricketers perished.

Connected by: Katherine27600

URL: http://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/september-14-1914-a-black-day-for-cricket-327068
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Additional: The names match and the military details confirm the match.

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ID: 8903296

Name: Vol. 1 Aug-Dec 1914; The Biographies: pg. 362

Title: The Bond of Sacrifice: Leonard Slater

Description: Entry in "The Bond of Sacrifice: a biographical record of all British officers who fell in the Great War".

Connected by: Hannah21187

URL: https://archive.org/stream/bondofsacrificeb01clut#page/362/mode/2up
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ID: 8903300

Title: The Bond of Sacrifice: Leonard Slater

Description: In uniform, as featured in "The Bond of Sacrifice"

Connected by: Hannah21187

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ID: 8903301

Reference: wwisd

Title: Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription

Connected by: Hannah21187

UPP: GBM/WWISD/1018533

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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ID: 8903302

Reference: gbm_bond_of_sac

Title: British Army, Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916 Transcription

Connected by: Hannah21187

UPP: GBM/BONDOFSACRIFICE/1149

Credit: © Trustees of the Honourable Artillery Company, London, England

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ID: 9564390

Name: 25607

Title: Capt L Slater memorial window

Description: Located in St John the Baptist Church, Instow, Devon. A 2-light stained glass window, with inscription at the base, and a figure in each light. The inscription reads ... BELOW LEFT HAND FIGURE: WHEN THOU PASSEST/ THROUGH THE (...)/ I WILL BE WITH THEE/ KILLED IN THE BATTLE OF THE AISNE 14TH SPETEMBER 1914/ DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI. BELOW RIGHT HAND FIGURE: FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT/ OF FAITH LAY HOLD ON/ ETERNAL LIFE/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF/ LEONARD SLATER CAPT ROYAL SUSSEX.

Connected by: Yvonne27542

URL: https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/25607
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ID: 9564403

Title: Captain Leonard Slater

Description: Captain Leonard Slater. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Death: 14 September 1914 Killed in the early part of the Battle of Aisne Western Front. Son of the Rev. F. Slater and Mrs. Slater; husband of C. D. Durnford-Slater, of Instow, Devon. CWGC has date of death as 14 September 1914. Buried at Vendresse British Cemetery. Head portrait press cutting.

Connected by: Yvonne27542

Additional: Image © IWM (HU 126532) used under IWM Non Commercial Licence.https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205388730