Private 37731 James SLACK

Private 37731 James Slack{gallery}NuneatonRWR-Ploegsteert{/gallery}1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Killed in action in The Battle of Hazebrouck (Lys), France and Flanders, 15th April 1918, aged 20

• Commemorated: Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 2 and 3
  
• Awarded: British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Samuel and Lucy Ann Slack [nee Hanslow]
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI RWR | Nuneaton Colliery | Stockingford
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Slack
• Ploegsteert Memorial
• Royal Warwickshire Regiment

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born 1898 at Cannock Chase (Newhall)
  
• Lived at Newhall, Derbys [1901]
• Lived at 3 Meadow Lane, Newhall [1911]
• Lived at 447 Heath Road, Nuneaton [1916]
• Lived at 86 Webb Street, Stockingford [1917]
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton on 30 Jun 1916
• James was discharged on 24 Sep 1917 after being shot in the foot but seems to have returned to the front