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Personal Details of John Slight

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Born:
Died:	25/01/1917
Buried:

Please note that this person is not acutally buried in Newtown Road Cemetery, but is remembered here on a family grave or memorial.

Listed below are all the details we have been able to find so far on John Slight.

As far as we are aware, all the information is correct. However, sometimes transcriptions can lead to errors being made. If you find any errors or omissions, please let us know and we will endeavour to get them corrected as soon as possible.

If you have any further information on John Slight, we would be delighted to hear from you.

War Memorial

John Slight is not buried in Newtown Road Cemetery.
However a war memorial was erected by family members so that they could honour the memory of their loved one who was killed overseas in the service of their country.

Name:	John Slight
Service:	148th Army Troops Coy. Royal Engineers
Service number:	97643
Rank:	Company Serjeant Major
Date of death:	25/01/1917
Age at death:
Other information:
Link to Commonwealth War Grave Commission entry:	Click Here
Link to West Berkshire Memorials entry:	Click Here

Birth

There is no information in our database regarding the birth of John Slight.

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Death

There is no information in our database regarding the death of John Slight.

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Burial Register

There is no burial register information available for John Slight.
Only three of the five burial register books still exist as far as we know and these are held at the Berkshire Record Office.
Stillborn children were not recorded in the burial register, only in the cemetery accounts.

Memorial Details

	In fond memory of / Annie, the loving wife of / John C. Slight/ at rest Decr 6th. 1878 / aged 28. / For ever with the Lord. Thess. 4. 17// Also of John Currie Slight / at rest March 8th. 1920 / aged 69. / Also of / Coy. Sergt. Major John Slight R.E. / nephew of the above / who was killed in action / Jan. 25th 1917 / and buried in Aveluy France / aged 34. //

Name on Memorial	Coy. Sergt Major John SLIGHT
Date of death	25/01/1917
Age	34
Gender	Male

Memorial Type	Headstone, with kerbstones
Construction Material	Limestone
Condition of memorial	Headstone at W end with kerbstones. Overgrown with ivy.
Pattison Location Code	64A
Others named on memorial
Annie SLIGHT
John Currie SLIGHT

Biographical Information

There is no biographical information available for John Slight. If you have any information that could help us, please contact the History Research Group.

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FNRC.

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