Lives of the First World War

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ID: 4069957

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.

URL: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D5193803
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UPP: GBM/MCI/4073904

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7309870

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

URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/539458/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/416342

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: 8903309

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

Title: The Bond of Sacrifice: Ronald Mortimer 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: 8903310

Title: The Bond of Sacrifice: Ronald Mortimer Slater

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

Connected by: Hannah21187

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ID: 8903315

Reference: wwisd

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

Connected by: Hannah21187

UPP: GBM/WWISD/1016900

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

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ID: 8903316

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/1150

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

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ID: 8903317

Reference: gbm_derevigny

Title: British Army, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Transcription

Connected by: Hannah21187

UPP: GBM/DR/23407

Credit: © Naval and Military Press

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ID: 9056538

Name: The Worcestershire Regiment

Title: 1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment (1914)

Description: Lt Slater mentioned in this detailed account of the 1st Battalion's arrival on the Western Front.

Connected by: Andrew43023

URL: http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/bat_1_1914.php
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Additional: Surname, military details, dates, places, all match.

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ID: 9074852

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Andrew43023

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/04771/0315/3

Additional: Names, age, mother's name, all match.

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 9074871

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Andrew43023

UPP: GBC/1901/0013572736

Additional: Names, age, family names, place, all match.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 9198555

Title: Merville Communal Cemetery, Nord, France 1

Description: Merville Communal Cemetery, Nord, France where Ronald Slater is honoured and buried.

Connected by: Vincent96527

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ID: 9198558

Title: Merville Communal Cemetery, Nord, France 2

Description: Merville Communal Cemetery, Nord, France where Ronald Slater is honoured and buried.

Connected by: Vincent96527

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ID: 9198622

Title: 1914 Star

Description: 1914 Star, similar to the one which would have been awarded to Ronald Slater.

Connected by: Vincent96527

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ID: 9514140

Title: Lieutenant Ronald Mortimer Slater

Description: Lieutenant Ronald Mortimer Slater. Unit: 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Death: 21 November 1914 Died of wounds in France Western Front | Son of the late Major M. J. Slater (Royal Engineers) and Hilda Slater, of The Vicarage, Chudleigh Knighton, Devon. CWGC has date of death as 21 November 1914. Buried at Merville Communal Cemetery | Head and shoulders portrait press cutting

Connected by: James201

Additional: From the IWM Bond of Sacrifice Collection - https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205388731