Personal information | |||
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Full name | Heber Percy Slatter [1] | ||
Date of birth | 1887 | ||
Place of birth | Earley, England [2] | ||
Date of death | 7 May 1918[3] | (aged 30–31)||
Place of death | near Foncquevillers, France [2] | ||
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) [4] | ||
Position(s) | Left half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1909–1912 | Reading | 35 | (0) |
1910–1914 | Oxford City | 72 | (7) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Heber Percy Slatter (1887 – 7 May 1918) was an English amateur footballer who played in the Southern League for Reading as a left half. [2] He also played in the Isthmian League for Oxford City. [4]
Slatter was born in Earley and grew up in Reading. [2] He attended Christ's Hospital, and later worked as a tax collector for Reading Council. [2] [5] He was married with two children. [2] In November 1915, during the second year of the First World War, Slatter enlisted as a gunner in the Royal Garrison Artillery. [2] After being posted to the Western Front in 1916, he was promoted to corporal. [2] He was wounded by shellfire at Foncquevillers on 3 May 1918 and died of wounds four days later. [3] Slatter was buried in Couin New British Cemetery. [3]
Reading
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Heber Percy Slatter [1] | ||
Date of birth | 1887 | ||
Place of birth | Earley, England [2] | ||
Date of death | 7 May 1918[3] | (aged 30–31)||
Place of death | near Foncquevillers, France [2] | ||
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) [4] | ||
Position(s) | Left half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1909–1912 | Reading | 35 | (0) |
1910–1914 | Oxford City | 72 | (7) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Heber Percy Slatter (1887 – 7 May 1918) was an English amateur footballer who played in the Southern League for Reading as a left half. [2] He also played in the Isthmian League for Oxford City. [4]
Slatter was born in Earley and grew up in Reading. [2] He attended Christ's Hospital, and later worked as a tax collector for Reading Council. [2] [5] He was married with two children. [2] In November 1915, during the second year of the First World War, Slatter enlisted as a gunner in the Royal Garrison Artillery. [2] After being posted to the Western Front in 1916, he was promoted to corporal. [2] He was wounded by shellfire at Foncquevillers on 3 May 1918 and died of wounds four days later. [3] Slatter was buried in Couin New British Cemetery. [3]
Reading