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Surname: SLINGSBY
Forename(s): Charles
Place of Birth: Moor Monkton, Yorkshire
Service No: ---
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Regiment / Corps / Service: Princess Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)
Battalion / Unit: 3rd (Reserve) Battalion
Division: ---
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1915-08-07
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: East of Church.
CWGC Cemetery: MOOR MONKTON (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: CARLETON-IN-CRAVEN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Charles Slingsby (born 13 January 1895) was the son of Frederick William and Helen Telford Slingsby, née Haldane. Frederick was born at Bell Busk, Yorkshire and Helen at Marylebone, Middlesex. Charles was the cousin of Lieutenant Anthony Edward King Slingsby (q.v.); Captain Arthur Morris Slingsby (q.v.); Lieutenant Stephen Henry Slingsby (q.v.) and a relative of Capt. Henry Laurence Slingsby (q.v.).
1901 Thorpe Underwood, Little Ouseburn, Yorkshire Census: Thorpe Underwood Hall - Charles Slingsby, aged 6 years, born Moor Monkton, Yorkshire, son of Frederick W. and Helen T. Slingsby.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: 2 Lieut Charles Slingsby, A & S H. Dec'd 7.8.15.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: 2 Lieut C. Slingsby, 3 Argyll & S. Date and Place of Death: Killed accidentally at Potobello 7.8.15. To whom Issued: Father - Frederick William Slingby Esq. £63 4s. 10d.
Charles is commemorated in the Rolls of Honour at the Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh.
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Princess Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)
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13 August 1915
LIEUTENANT CHARLES SLINGSBY ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
Lieut. Charles Slingsby, the third son of Mr. F. W. Slingsby, of Thorpe Underwood Hall, and a nephew of Mr. J. Arthur Slingsby, of Carla Beck, Skipton, was, we regret to announce, accidentally killed on Sunday, the 8th inst., at Edinburgh, where he was undergoing a course of training with his regiment, the Argyle and Sutherlands. Lieut. Slingsby, who was 20 years of age, joined the Seaforth Highlanders on the outbreak of the war as a private, and rose to the rank of sergeant, after which he received a commission. He was educated at Eton, and has two elder brothers serving with the colours – Captain Tom Slingsby, in training with the York and Lancasters, and Lieut. Harry Slingsby, with the Yorkshire Hussars in France.
20 August 1915
SLINGSBY – August 8th, accidentally killed while undergoing training with the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders at Edinburgh, Lieut. Charles Slingsby, third son of Mr. F.W. Slingsby, Thorpe Underwood Hall, aged 20 years.
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20 August 1915
LIEUT. CHARLES SLINGSBY ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
Lieut. Charles Slingsby, the third son of Mr. F.W. Slingsby, of Thorpe Underwood Hall, and nephew of Mr. J.A. Slingsby, of Carla Beck, Skipton, was accidentally killed on Sunday, the 8th inst., at Edinburgh, where he was undergoing a course of training with his regiment, the Argyle and Sutherlands. Lieut. Slingsby, who was 20 years of age, joined the Seaforth Highlanders on the outbreak of war as a private and rose to the rank of sergeant, after which he received a commission. He was educated at Eton, and has two elder brothers serving with the colours:– Captain Tom Slingsby, and Lieut. Harry Slingsby, with the Yorkshire Hussars in France.
Craven people generally will learn with regret of this latest loss sustained by the Slingsby family, the local members of which more particularly so recently suffered such a sad bereavement.
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