Saturday 18 August 1917 - Captain C E Sladden mentioned in despatches

CAPTAIN C E SLADDEN MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES

Among the officers, warrant officers, and non-commissioned officers and men whose services have been brought to notice by Lieut.-General Sir Stanley Maude K.C.B., Commander-in-Chief, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, as deserving of special mention, appears the name of Captain (acting Major) C E Sladden, youngest son of Mr Julius Sladden, of Badsey and Evesham. Captain Sladden was wounded in Gallipoli in August. 1915, and again the day before the British entered Baghdad.