FRANCIS+SLACK

Slack, Francis Joseph, Sergeant, 83936, 6th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery Born Wensley, Derbyshire Enlisted Toronto, Ontario, Canada Died of wounds 5th June 1916 aged 23 Son of Joseph and Ellen Mary Slack, of Wensley, Matlock, Derbyshire, England. Buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, VII, B, 10A

1911 Census A general labourer Son of Joseph, a general labourer, and Ellen M. Slack, of Wensley, Derbyshire

Canadian Army Service records information: Francis was born in Matlock, Derbyshire, on the 11th August, 1892. He enlisted in Toronto, Ontario, 24th December 1914, stating that he was employed in the waterworks, and his next of kin as Helen Mary Slack, of General Delivery, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He had previously served in the 4th Field Battery of the Militia. He was five feet eleven inches in height, had a fair complexion, grey eyes and fair hair, and belonged to the Church of England. He had one vaccination mark on his left arm.


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