Driver
Royal Field Artillery | 191815 | 346 Brigade |
Biography
Walter was a lime worker at Bullbridge. He was called up in 1916 at the age of forty-one as a driver with the RFA. In 1917 he was transferred to the Reserve following a hernia operation, and he was discharged in 1918. He worked as a quarryman at Crich for many years and later lived at Scarthin, Cromford.
Army Record
Walter was called up for service on 4 November 1916 aged 41 an unmarried lime worker living at Prospect Terrace, Crich. His height was 5ft 3¾ and his father was Joseph Slack who was living at Scarthin, Cromford. He was posted to the Royal Field Artillery.
In September 1917 he was transferred to Class W (Army Reserve) from hospital after an hernia and varicocele operation. His disability was aggravated by riding whilst in training at Doncaster. He was finally discharged under Paragraph 392 on 14 December 1918.
The address on his correspondence was c/o Butterley Co Ltd, Bull Bridge Lime Works, Ambergate
1901: Crich
Forename | Surname | Relationship | Age | Occupation | Where born |
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Rebecca | Wetton | Head | 40 | Crich | |
Walter | Slack | boarder | 19 | Lime burner | Crich |
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1911: Plaistow Green Farm, Crich
Forename | Surname | Relationship | Age | Occupation | Where born |
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Sherbrooke | Crookes | Head | 47 | Farmer | Shirbrook |
Lucy | Crookes | wife | 47 | Lincolnshire | |
Lucy Mary | Crookes | daughter | 9 | Plaistow Green | |
Walter | Slack | servant | 35 | Farm hand | Crich |
Willoughby | Hamilton | servant | 19 | Farm hand | Bakewell |
Lewis | Smith | servant | 20 | Farm hand | Derby |
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