Wing Commander Edward Albert Slater
Royal Air Force 21036
Date of Birth: 3rd of March 1900
Place of Birth: Denbighshire, Wales
Date of Death: 22nd August 1946, aged 46
Buried: Ryde Borough Cemetery, Isle of Wight Grave reference Sec. I. New Portion. Grave 2804.
Awarded an OBE and the 1939-45 Star plus the War Medal 1939-1945
Son of Rupert Maxwell Slater and Minnie Slater nee Brierley also the husband of Mrs Minnie Evelyn Slater nee Garnham, of Shaldon, Devon.
Edward Albert Slater was baptised on the 25th of September 1902 along with brother Gerald Pilkington Slater at Flamborough, York.
In the 1911 census, the Slater family were living at Riverside, Shaldon, St Nicholas, Devon. Father, Rupert Maxwell Slater, 1871, living on 'Private Means', born in Bolton, Lancashire, Mother, Minnie Slater nee Brierley, 1871, born in Frodsham, Cheshire.
| Edward Albert Slater, 1900 | Gerald Pilkington Slater, 1902 |
| Phyllis Masewell Slater, 1908 |
Edward Albert Slater was in the Air Force during WW1, service number, 175329. Edward joined the RAF on the 3rd of May 1918 He had prior service in the Cadet Battalion RNR, as a Signalman. His address is shown as 11, Ringmore Road, Shaldon, Devon. His height was 5' 5 3/4", chest 36", light brown hair and blue eyes, and complexion was fair. He was discharged on the 11th of September 1918.
Signalman V Langton of Elton, Bury, Lancs, using the Aldis Lamp to signal a message to the sister ship © IWM A 23530
Edward married Minnie Evelyn Burn in 1925 widow, Minnie Evelyn Slater in London, who was living in Teignmouth, Devon.
Wing Commander Edward Albert Slater OBE, Royal Air Force, 21036
