| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Heber Percy Slatter | ||
| Date of birth | 1887 | ||
| Place of birth | Earley, England | ||
| Date of death | 7 May 1918(1918-05-07) (aged 30–31) | ||
| Place of death | near Foncquevillers, France | ||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||
| 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. 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
References
- "Heber Percy Slatter – Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ "Royals Remembered". Reading FC | Home of the Royals!. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "Casualty Details: Slatter, H P". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ Chipperfield, John. "Benefit match was held for family of player killed in war". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- "Slatter, Heber Percy". www.chwarmemorial.org.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
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- People from Earley
- Footballers from Berkshire
- English men's footballers
- Reading F.C. players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Royal Garrison Artillery soldiers
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- English football defender, 1880s birth stubs
- Men's association football wing halves
- Oxford City F.C. players
- Isthmian League players
- People educated at Christ's Hospital
- Tax collectors
- Burials at Couin New British Cemetery
- Military personnel from Berkshire