Clem E Slatter

Private Clement Ernest Slatter of the Royal Fusiliers was killed by gas poisoning in France on 5 April 1918. According to a report in The Surrey Comet dated 25 May 1918, his body was found in No Man’s Land a month later on 4 May by a patrol party of the 1st Essex. He was the elder son of Mr William Joseph & Mrs Ada Mercy Slatter of 62 Wick Road, then within the postal district of Hampton Wick. He is buried at Gommecourt British Cemetery No 2.

An old boy of St Mark’s School, Teddington, he was also a member of St Mark’s Church Lads’ Brigade. After he left school he worked as an electrician for the firm of Charles Mackintosh and Co. He volunteered under the Derby Scheme in November 1915. His younger brother, Private Sydney Claud Slatter, was serving at the date of Private Clement Slatter’s death, in the Army Service Corps (Motor Transport) in England.

He is commemorated on Teddington War Memorial and on the war memorial in St Mark’s Church, Teddington. He also has an entry on the Online WW1 War Memorial for Teddington.

He is not commemorated on the Hampton Wick War Memorial but is listed on the Teddington War Memorial and on the war memorial in St Mark’s, Teddington and has an entry on the Online WW1 War Memorial for Teddington.