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Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- CWGC Headstones -
- Ryde Borough Cemetery : Edward Albert Slater -

Location

In Ryde Borough Cemetery, Ryde, Isle of Wight
 
Description

Standard CWGC headstone. WW II pattern.

Grave location I New 2804
Headstone


 
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Inscription


WING COMMANDER
E A SLATER, OBE
ROYAL AIR FORCE
22ND AUGUST 1946 AGE 46
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Further Information

Edward Albert Slater
 
Son of Rupert Maxwell Slater and Minnie Slater (née Brierley).
 
Born 3 May 1900, St Asaph, Denbighshire.
 
Married : 1925, Minnie Evelyn Burn, Kensington, London.
 
RSHG record ...
 
CWGC record ...
 
The connection with Ryde is not known. Wing Commander Slater enlisted in the Royal Air Force in May 1918, and was appointed O.B.E. in the New Year Honours List of 1 January 1941.



 
 

 
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