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Private WILLIAM JOSEPH SPENCER

Service Number: 13964
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 July 1915

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RUE-DU-BACQUEROT (13TH LONDON) GRAVEYARD, LAVENTIE

F. 14.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Annie Spencer; husband of Ada Spencer, of 1, Nesbitt Terrace, Burnley, Lancs. Born at Burnley.
  • Personal Inscription WE LOVED HIM THERE WE LOVE HIM HERE IN FOREIGN SOIL LIES ONE MOST DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

RUE-DU-BACQUEROT (13TH LONDON) GRAVEYARD, LAVENTIE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 196
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