Ronald Mortimer Slater

1891 - 1914  (23 years)

• Name	Ronald Mortimer Slater  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  	birth registered as Mortimer Slater
  Birth	02 Oct 1891	Sheffield   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Education	abt 1899 - 1904	Windlesham House, Brighton   [4]
  Residence	Mar 1901	11 Barlows Causeway, Tiverton   [2]
  Education	abt 1904 - 1909	Wellington College, Crowthorne   [4]
  Education	abt 1909 - 1910	Sandhurst ; Royal Military College  [4]
  Occupation	Apr 1911	Army Officer, 2nd Lieutenant  [3]
  Residence	Apr 1911	1 Lionel Rd, Bexhill-on-Sea   [3]
  Post/Rank/Title	Sep 1914	Lieutenant  [4]
  	1st Battn, Worcestershire Regt
  Death	21 Nov 1914	Merville Hospital, France ; Cause: Died of wounds sustained in action  [4, 5, 6]
  	Thenceforward for the next few days the 1st Battalion was shelled continuously, and there were several sharp little fights with the enemy's patrols (Casualties during November 16th-19th:-13 killed, 1 officer and 26 other ranks wounded. The officer, 2nd [sic] Lieut. R. M. Slater, a very gallant young subaltern, was mortally wounded and died on the 21st November 1914). [from 1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment (1914) accessed 02 Nov 2014] The following account of the circumstances under which he was wounded has been received. "One of his men was lying seriously wounded. Slater went out and brought him in, and was hit on the top of the head by a bullet. For the moment he was dazed, but for the rest of the day he was cheery and bright. When taken to the hosptial at night his case was declared hopeless. He was well spoken of in the regiment as a promising polo player." [Wellington Year Book, 1914]
  Burial	abt 21 Nov 1914	Communal Cemetery, Merville, France   [4, 5]
  	Ronald Mortimer Slater. Died 21 November 1914, aged 23. Lieutenant, 1st Bn, Worcestershire Regt. Son of the late Major M. J. Slater (Royal Engineers) and Hilda Slater, of The Vicarage, Chudleigh Knighton, Devon. Merville Communal Cemetery. Grave location I.K.1. [Commonwealth War Graves Commission]
  Probate	22 Mar 1915	London ; £1,281 11s. 4d.  [6]
  	Slater Ronald Mortimer of 1 Lionel-road Bexill-on-Sea Sussex died 21 November 1914 at No. 6 Clearing Hospital H.M. Expeditionary Force France Administration London 22 March [1915] to Hilda Slater widow. Effects £1281 11s. 4d. [NPC]
  Notes	Ronald-Mortimer Slater, b. 2 Oct., 1891; educ. at Windlesham House, Brighton, Wellington College, and Sandhurst, was gazetted March, 1911, to the 1st Bn. Worcestershire Regt.; promoted to Lieut., Sept., 1914. He died of wounds, 21 Nov., 1914, in Merville Hospital, France, and was buried in the Cemetery at Merville. [Curtis] Lieutenant Ronald Mortimer Slater, 1st Battn. Worcestershire Regiment, who died of wounds on the 21st November, 1914, in France, was the son of the late Major M. J. Slater, R.E., an Old Wellingtonian, and of Mrs. Slater, Lionel Road, Bexhill, and grandson of the late Colonel J. M. Slater, N.L.I. He was born on the 2nd October, 1891, and was educated at Wellington (The Hill), 1905-09, proceeding to R.M.C., Sandhurst, in the latter year. He was gazetted to the Worcestershire Regiment in March, 1911, and was promoted to Lieutenant in September, 1914. [Wellington Year Book, 1914]
  Person ID	I1732	Tatham | Crew branch | Descendant
  Last Modified	03 Nov 2014

  
  

  Father	Mortimer John Slater,   b. 03 Jan 1856, Umballa, India ,   d. 31 Dec 1897, Up Park Camp, Jamaica  (Age 41 years)
  Mother	Hilda Tatham,   b. 22 Nov 1861, 26 Talbot Square, Paddington ,   d. 24 Nov 1948, Clarence Nursing Home, Tunbridge Wells  (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	04 Feb 1886	St Mary, Teddington   [7, 8]
  	Feb 4 [1886] at parish church Teddington, by Rev G E Tatham [her 3x cousin 1x removed], Vicar of St Paul's East Mousley, Mortimer John Slater, Royal Engineers son of the late Col MJ Slater 6th BNI, to Hilda, daughter of HE Tatham Esq, 26 Talbot Sq Hyde Park, & Chesfield Teddington. [Times of India, 03 Mar 1886]
  Notes	Apr 1891 2 serv
  Family ID	F0158	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S02] BMD Index, birth reg Ecclesall Bierlow, 4Q1891. [S01] Census, UK, 1901. age 9 [S01] Census, UK, 1911. age 19 [S04] H Curtis: Notes for a Pedigree of the Tathams of Co. Durham. [S34] Commonwealth War Graves Commission. [S14] National Probate Calendar. [S02] BMD Index, marriage reg Kingston/T, 1Q1886. [S08] Family Trees & Websites, Bull/Archer family tree, 04 Apr 2010. website accessed 04 Apr 2010.