Lives of the First World War

Robert Slade was born at Aston Upthorpe, Berkshire on the 30th June 1892 and educated at Abingdon Grammar School. Before the war he worked as a farmer and then in February 1911 he moved to Canada. He enlisted in the Canadian Forces and served as No. 73837 in the 28th Battalion Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force. The 28th (Winnipeg) Battalion was in the 6th Brigade of the 2nd Canadian Division. This Division had been raised in Canada almost immediately after the First Contingent had sailed for England in October 1914 and many of those enlisting had been disappointed at not being included in the First Contingent.

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