Born: 1895, Baildon
Died: 30 November 1916, Somme
Buried: Hamel Military Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel
Address: Esholt Lane, Baildon
Parents: Herbert & Harriet, 5 The Tarn, Esholt Lane
Spouse: Ethel
Siblings: Martha, Elizabeth & Alice Maud
Occupation: Printer’s apprentice
Organisations/clubs:
Military
Rank: Pte
Medals/awards:
Rolls of Honour: Tong Park; Baildon
Children:
Regiment: West Yorkshire
John William Slingsby
Two death notices appearing in the Shipley
Times & Express on 15 December 1916 give us
most of what we know of “Billy’s” death. It
seems likely that the 1 Chester Street, Horton
Lane, address is Ethel’s parents, where she
returned while he was away.
On 5 January 1917, the following report appeared
in the paper:
Great sympathy will be felt with the relatives
of Pte J W Slingsby, late of the Tarn, Baildon,
in the loss they have sustained by his death.
Pte Slingsby joined the 9th West Yorkshire
Regt on April 5th of 1916. After training at
Clipston Camp, in Nottingham, he went out
to France in October, serving as a signaller.
On November 30th he had come in from duty
and was asleep in his dug-out when a shell
came over and burst, killing four and
wounding four of the occupants.
Of a bright and cheerful disposition, Pte
Slingsby was the only son of Mr and Mrs
Herbert Slingsby. He received his education
at the Tong Park School.
He was 21 years of age and leaves a young
widow.
