BORN HULL 1888. SON OF PETER BEDELL (1853-1918) & SARAH BEDELL (1853-1916) OF 43 , SEATON STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND SPRING VILLA, HULL ROAD, ANLABY COMMON, HULL. (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. SON OF A COW KEEPER. HE WORKED AS A BUSINESS ASSISTANT.
HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY AS 77118, 9TH RESERVE TERRITORIAL. TRANSFERRED TO THE 21ST TYNESIDE SCOTTISH, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 19/10/1917, AGED 28.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE BILTON, GANSTEAD AND WYTON WW1 MEMORIAL, ST PETER’S CHURCH, BILTON.
First name:
GEORGE SPENCELY
Military Number:
35815
Rank:
Private
Date Died
19/10/1917
Place died:
Bard Cottage Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
28
