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Name: SLADEN, Edward Carew
Nee: son of Gerald Carew Sladen
Birth Date: 26 Sep 1914 London
Death Date: 20 Feb 1944 Burma, killed in action by Japanese sniper
Last Date: 1944
Profession: Police
Married: 1940 Susan Margaret Milvain b. 15 June 1918, d. 19 Nov 2005 France (later Mrs Manfred Priestley 1945, then marr John Findlay in 1957)
Children: Simon Hogarth (1943); another
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, Breckenridge, Old Africa, Telegraph, mini-Sitrep XXXII, KR
War Service: 2/3 KAR
School: Kenton; Stowe
General Information:
Breckenridge - Kenya Police - Breckenridge was posted to the Depot with an old friend Eddy Sladen (sadly killed with the scouts in Burma during the war.)
Old Africa 4 Tim Hutchinson writes - In 1924 Capt. Finlay Ross Cramb opened Kenton School with 12 pupils amongst whom were Ken Cunningham, Rex Kirk, Hugh Lloyd, Eddy Sladen, Jim Nightingale and Pat Lawford. The school moved to Nairobi in 1934.
Telegraph - 24 Dec 2005 - Obituary of Susan Priestley
KR - Captain Edward Carew Sladen, General List - died 20/2/1944 - Rangoon Memorial, Burma
Pre-war volunteer to the Kenya Regiment (KR 552)
Royal Aero Club Aviator's certficate 23.11.1944 Brooklands Flying Club
On Rangoon cemetery memorial
Tom Lawrence: Died in Yangon, Yangon Region, Burma and buried there. His death is recorded as No. 122 in the Register of Deaths for EA Forces (Europeans) on 7th March 1944 by 2E/CEY/BC/Cas. He was a T/Capt. at the time with the 11th (E.A.) Div. Scouts, aged 29. He is reported as being killed in action. His death was registered on 10th May 1944. Born 1914. Son of Brigadier General Gerald Carew Sladen, CB, CMG, DSO, MC and Mabel Ursula Sladen (née Orr-Ewing).
Husband of Susan Margaret Milvain with whom there were two children, one of whom was Simon Hogarth Sladen, b. 1943. He was also brother of Geraldine M. Sladen and Ruth Violet Wallop. He went to Kenton and left in 1932 for Stowe School, and then to study aeronautical engineering. In 1936 he returned and joined the Kenya Police. He then enlisted with the Kenya Regiment on 28th March 1939 with No.2 Coy. He then transferred to 3rd KAR on 4th Oct 1939. He went to O.C.T.U. on 25th March 1940, and was discharged from the Kenya Regiment on 11th June 1940. From there he apparently transferred to the EA Reconnaissance Regt.
From Alistair McCalman’s Diary (KR 174): Pre-war served in the Kenya Police. 1937. Joined the Kenya Regiment. 1939/09. Commissioned into the KAR. 1942/43. OC 'B' Coy 11(EA) Div Scouts. He recruited the African members from their villages on the Nyasaland/Tanganyika border, mostly Yao and Angoni tribesmen. Moved with 11 Div to Ceylon where 'B' Coy was detached to Bentota for jungle training.
1944/01. Moved with 11 (EA) Div Scouts to join 81 West African Division in the Kaledan Valley of the Arakan Hill Tracts. Killed in Action on the Pi Chaung with six of his men, by Japanese machine gunfire. These were the first EA troops killed in Burma.
Eddie was a real expert in fieldcraft and his skill in night compass marches was beyond praise. I was told by Paddy Beckett that he was using his field glasses so drew the attention of the enemy, but at that stage we Europeans had not started to black our hands and faces and at close range this would have shown the enemy that he was an officer.
Tom Lawrence: Died in Yangon, Yangon Region, Burma and buried there. His death is recorded as No. 122 in the Register of Deaths for EA Forces (Europeans) on 7th March 1944 by 2E/CEY/BC/Cas. He was a T/Capt. at the time with the 11th (E.A.) Div. Scouts, aged 29. He is reported as being killed in action. His death was registered on 10th May 1944. Born 1914. Son of Brigadier General Gerald Carew Sladen, CB, CMG, DSO, MC and Mabel Ursula Sladen (née Orr-Ewing).
Husband of Susan Margaret Milvain with whom there were two children, one of whom was Simon Hogarth Sladen, b. 1943. He was also brother of Geraldine M. Sladen and Ruth Violet Wallop. He went to Kenton and left in 1932 for Stowe School, and then to study aeronautical engineering. In 1936 he returned and joined the Kenya Police. He then enlisted with the Kenya Regiment on 28th March 1939 with No.2 Coy. He then transferred to 3rd KAR on 4th Oct 1939. He went to O.C.T.U. on 25th March 1940, and was discharged from the Kenya Regiment on 11th June 1940. From there he apparently transferred to the EA Reconnaissance Regt.
From Alistair McCalman’s Diary (KR 174): Pre-war served in the Kenya Police. 1937. Joined the Kenya Regiment. 1939/09. Commissioned into the KAR. 1942/43. OC 'B' Coy 11(EA) Div Scouts. He recruited the African members from their villages on the Nyasaland/Tanganyika border, mostly Yao and Angoni tribesmen. Moved with 11 Div to Ceylon where 'B' Coy was detached to Bentota for jungle training.
1944/01. Moved with 11 (EA) Div Scouts to join 81 West African Division in the Kaledan Valley of the Arakan Hill Tracts. Killed in Action on the Pi Chaung with six of his men, by Japanese machine gunfire. These were the first EA troops killed in Burma.
Eddie was a real expert in fieldcraft and his skill in night compass marches was beyond praise. I was told by Paddy Beckett that he was using his field glasses so drew the attention of the enemy, but at that stage we Europeans had not started to black our hands and faces and at close range this would have shown the enemy that he was an officer.