05/11/2024
Private
Ernest Slinn
40879 8th Bn Kingโs Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
1891 โ 1917
Died aged 25, He is remembered at
Holy Trinity Church, Seghill, Northumberland.
Born in 1891 to John and Margaret, Ernest lived in 54 Double Row, Seaton Delaval later moving to 141 Astley Rd, Seaton Delaval after the Death of his father.
Ernest worked as a Wagon Lad in a local mine at the age of 19 with his 14 year old brother William to help their mother.
He Died on the 29th September 1917 Shortly after the Battle of the Menin Road Ridge, Third Battle of Ypres what is commonly known today as Passchendaele and is buried at Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium.
Obituary, Primitive Methodist Magazine 1918:
Private Ernest Slinn, of the K.O.Y.L.I.. has been killed in France. He was a Primitive Methodist of the third generation, and a devoted worker in the church at Seaton Delaval. With a bright and cheerful disposition and a studious mind, his life held the promise of splendid service. His last letter to the writer records the joy and profit with which he had read in the trenches Ruskin's "Crown of Wild Olive'" He was a loyal member of the C.E. Society, and his contributions to the programme were always original and suggestive.
The Sunday school called forth his best efforts, and all the children loved him.
He hated everything for which militarism stands, and the soldier's tasks were always irksome to him. We mourn with the widowed mother, who has lost a devoted son. (J.G. Soulsby)
Williams Son was born on the 30th June 1918. He named him after his Brother,
Ernest.
