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Private WILLIAM JOHN SPENCER

Service Number: G/8335
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 September 1916

Age 42 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MILL ROAD CEMETERY, THIEPVAL

XIV. A. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George Robert and Elizabeth Spencer, of Pimlico, London; husband of Esther Spencer, of Darton Rd., Cawthorne, Barnsley.
  • Personal Inscription THOUGH LOST TO SIGHT TO MEMORY EVER DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

MILL ROAD CEMETERY, THIEPVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1305
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