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Surname: SLINGSBY
Forename(s): Henry Laurence
Place of Birth: Carleton-in-Craven, Yorkshire
Service No: ---
Rank: Captain
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
Battalion / Unit: 10th (Service) Battalion. (Cornwall Pioneers)
Division: 66th (2/East Lancashire) Division
Age: 24
Date of Death: 1917-08-11
Awards: M.C.
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: G. 4.
CWGC Cemetery: ADINKERKE MILITARY CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: CARLETON-IN-CRAVEN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Henry Laurence Slingsby (born 19 April 1893) was the son of William Cecil and Alizon Slingsby, née Ecroyd. William was born at Bell Busk, Yorkshire and Alizon at Nelson, Lancashire. Henry was a relative of Lieutenant Anthony Edward King Slingsby (q.v.); Captain Arthur Morris Slingsby (q.v.); 2nd Lieutenant Charles Slingsby (q.v.) and Lieutenant Stephen Henry Slingsby (q.v.).
1901 Carleton-in-Craven, Yorkshire Census: Beech Hill - Henry L. Slingsby, aged 7 years, born Carleton, son of William C. Slingsby (married).
1911 Cartmel, Lancashire Census: Henry Laurence Slingsby, aged 17 years, born Carleton. [Henry and his sister, Eleanor, were boarding with Willaim and Mary Alice Jackson.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Capt Henry L. Slingsby, M.C., 2nd King'sOwn Yorkshire Light Infantry. Disembarkation Returns - Roll shows: 16 August 1914. Correspondence: W.C. Slingsby Esq applies for 1914 Bronze Star, in the case of his son, the late Capt. H.L.Slingsby, M.C., K.O.Y.L.I. 26 November 1917. Address 1: Beetham House, Milnthorpe, Westmorland. Address 2: W. Cecil Slingsby, St Anthonys, Heversham, Westmorland.
Henry Laurence Slingsby is commemorated on the 'Fell & Rock Climbing Club of the English Lake District' War Memorial at the summit of Great Gable, Cumberland.
Photograph © IWM (HU 126541).
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Captain Henry Laurence SLINGSBY
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 66th (2/East Lancashire) Division
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ROLL CALL OF THE SKIPTON DIVISION LIBERAL & CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATIONS, August 4th 1914 - August 4th 1916
Entry on Page 34-35
Summit of Great Gable, Cumberland
'Fell & Rock Climbing Club of the English Lake District' War Memorial
Summit of Great Gable, Cumberland
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05 March 1915
SECOND-LIEUT. H. L. SLINGSBY WOUNDED
News was received last week end by Mr. W. Cecil Slingsby, of Whitbarrow Lodge, Grange-over-Sands (and formerly of Carleton-in-Craven), that their younger son, Second Lieut. H. L. Slingsby, of the Yorkshire Light Infantry, had been wounded in the head during the operations at the front, and is now in hospital at Boulogne, where he is making favourable progress.
08 June 1917
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Lieutenant and Adjutant H.L. Slingsby, Yorks. L.I. (attached D.C.L.I.), younger son of Mr. W. Cecil Slingsby, Beetham House, Milnthorpe, has been awarded the Military Cross.
17 August 1917
LOCAL NEWS
Lieut. Henry Laurence Slingsby, M.C., K.O.Y.L.I., attached Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., is announced to have died of wounds on August 11th. Aged 24 years he was the younger son of Mr. and Mrs. William Cecil Slingsby, formerly of Beech Hill, Carleton, near Skipton, to whom sincere sympathy is offered on behalf of their friends in Craven.
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