M2/113162 Pte R A S C. MT. b 1893 Leicester, son of William Ansty Sleath. Married Esther Eliza Blagden (b 1895 Hathersage) in May 1917 at Hathersage. Samuel & Teresa Blagden were witnesses at the wedding. Father of Frederick (b Hathersage Jan 1917). His wife’s father Thomas was a gardener and she had five brothers, Thomas, George, Arthur, John William, and Samuel. They and their mother Mary were all born in Hathersage and lived on Oddfellows Row (1901C).