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Serjeant HERBERT SLIM

Service Number: 13260
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died Between 14 September 1916 and 17 September 1916

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS

XI. F. 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Lois Slim, of Woodland Rd., Blackheath, Birmingham; husband of Mary Yewings (formerly Slim), of 35, Francis St., Chelsea, London.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE NOBLY TO SAVE OTHERS
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Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3143
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