norman sladen

[mack]

2336 norman sladen
2nd Manchester regiment
101 acre lane,oldham
cotton piecer
captured le cateau 26-8-14.sent to minden POW camp
repatriated 18-8-18 to 1st London general hospital
discharged 18-9-18 with TB of the spine,total incapacity
died 8th august 1921, aged 27
buried greenacres cemetery,oldham on 11-8-1921.section K.1A.grave 55
Legible inscription on family headstone
residing at 88 bartlemore st,oldham

mack

[Tim Bell]

Norman (Born 1894) was discharged on 18/9/1918, with a Pension for Tuberculosis disease of spine 100% incapacity attributable to service.
Norman died of disease n/k 8/8/1921.  The DC may not state TB of the the spine and TB of other organs wouldn't justify commemoration.
Widows Pension refused to Sarah Ellen[this is his mother]

[Tim Bell]

Norman Sladen died at Grangethorpe Hospital, Rusholme, from TB of spine & infection from abscess. Former cotton mill spinner. His mother was present.

[Tim Bell]

Norman Sladen was added to CWGC's roll in the UKBOR today.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/75470077/norman-sladen/

[Tim Bell]

Norman Sladen's plot at Greenacres was adopted as a War Grave yesterday.  He is buried with family members and there is a headstone with a clear inscription.  Commemoration is complete.