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Heber Slatter
The basics
Quick facts
A.K.A.
Heber Percy Slatter
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
1887(Earley, Wokingham, Berkshire, United Kingdom)
Death:
7 May 1918(Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Metropolitan France, France)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Heber Percy Slatter (1887 – 7 May 1918) was an English amateur footballer who played in the Southern League for Reading as a left half. He also played in the Isthmian League for Oxford City.
Personal life
Slatter was born in Earley and grew up in Reading. He attended Christ's Hospital, and later worked as a tax collector for Reading Council. He was married with two children. In November 1915, during the second year of the First World War, Slatter enlisted as a gunner in the Royal Garrison Artillery. After being posted to the Western Front in 1916, he was promoted to corporal. He was wounded by shellfire at Foncquevillers on 3 May 1918 and died of wounds four days later. Slatter was buried in Couin New British Cemetery.
Honours
Reading
- Southern League Second Division: 1910–11