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Fredrick Sloane 17790 8th East Lancashire MM Winner


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Looking for information on Fredrick Sloane 17790 8th East Lancashire Regiment MM Winner

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment  28873 

   

 

He is LG 18th July 1917 7285

 

I have his Mic and medal Rol entitled 1914-15 Star BWM and Vicl. Nothing in Lancashire Forgotten Hero's by Steve Barker and Christopher Boardman

 

Thanks in advance

 

Simon

 

 

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F+F. 31/7/15 qualifying date for 1914/15 Star. Class Z reserve 25/4/19. Rolls show 8 E Lancs and 8 KORL. LLT would suggest went with main body of 8 E Lancs to France. 

Scraps of papers survive. From Burnley (29 Boot St on enlistment). Enlisted 18/12/14. Born c 1892. Docs say to 8th KORL in 1918. There is ref to a hospital admission Orpington on what looks like a faded 18/10/17 that may explain the transfer. Also a faded form B103 that indicate wounded 9/10/17. Back to France 29/3/18. Transferred to 8 KORL 1/4/18. Wounded again 1 or 2/10/18 and back to UK certainly by 18/10/18 (he was on leave in UK mid-Sept 1918). Later wound was a GSW left thumb

Wife Elizabeth nee Burrows. Address on demob 16 Norton St. Burnley

Nothing on MM I can see

Ancestry have him indexed with number 7770

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Mark

 

Thank you. Poor chap wounded so many times. He landed the same day as my Great Grandfarther (my Profie picture) 31 July 1915.

I've just obtained his MM for Sloane

 

Simon

 

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Hi Simon and all,

A bit more if you don't already know.....

His d. of b. was 16th April 1892 he married Elizabeth Burrows ( b. 9.4.1895) Sept. 1914 at St. Peters, Burnley. 8e, 391. 1939 at 90 Reed St., Burnley. He died 4th qtr 1965, Burnley, 10b, 824.  His wife's full name was Elizabeth Ann, she died 3rd qtr 1970 at Burnley, 10b, 1644.

Regards Barry, 

 

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Barry

Thank you.

Going over his papers His will is left to his wife of No 19 Miller St Burnley

 

Signed Pte F Sloane

17790

D Coy

8th East Lancashire Regt

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From a post on The British Medal Forum

 

Burnley News - Saturday 16 June 1917

 

"BURNLEY WEAVER.

Reported to have Won the Military Medal.

Mrs. Sloan (sic), 16, Norton-street, Burnley, has heard that her husband has won the Military Medal for bravery in the field. Private Fredk. Sloan (sic), 17790, 8th East (stretcher bearer), enlisted two years and six months ago. He has seen some severe fighting, including the Battle of Arras. Prior to the war he was a weaver at Woodfield Mill, Trafalgar-street. He is 25 years of age. His brother, Sergt. James Sloan, has been in the Army 16 years, and another brother, Private Frank Sloan, is now in France."

 

With photo of recipient.

I would hazard a guess and suggest that he was awarded the MM for bravery as a stretcher bearer, rescuing wounded under fire.

Rgds
 

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