217386 Pte. John W. Slater British Army 14th Btn. York & Lancaster Regiment from:Barnsley My Grandmother's Father, John W Slater of D Company 14th Yorkshire & Lancashire Regiment, Barnsley Pals (according to local press of the time) was at Northern Command Depot, Alnwick, Northhumberland. The local press article refers to him as Private 875 T W Slater (but it should be J W not T W).
He was apparently shot in the left arm whilst carrying another injured man (Jim Foster). My Grandmother told me that he also spent time in a hospital on Salisbury Plain.
The extract from the old local press after writing of the death of his Brother, Lce Cpl Edward Slater (Machine Gun Corps), goes on to say, his Brother Private 875 T W Slater (should be J.W Slater)D Co of the same Battalion was severely wounded in France in July and was forwarded to hospital (Birmingham) from Bologne on the 8th August and after being at various hospitals in England (of which he speaks in the highest praise) he is now at the Northern Command Depot, Alnwick, Northumberland pending medical examination, his left arm being useless.
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