BORN HULL 1899. ELDEST SON OF FREDERICK SPENCE (1866-1966) & EMMA SPENCE, OF 11 WASHINGTON STREET, HULL AND 21 , ALEXANDRA ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). BROTHER FRANK AND HAROLD. SISTER FLORENCE. WORKED AS AN APPRENTICE PAINTER, LIVING AT 11 WASHINGTON STREET. DECRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 119 LBS WEIGHT, 35-37 INCH CHEST,
ENLISTED HULL, 27/02/1917. AGED 17. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 29953, EAST RIDING YEOMANRY. POSTED FRANCE 21/10/1917. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS AT SOUTHWARK, MILITARY HOSPITAL. BURIED HULL NORTHERN CEMETERY. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 1 YEAR AND 267 DAYS.
NB: CLAUDE SPENCE, EYR – 5 MISSION GROVE, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL
NB: PRIVATE, J.W. SPENCE BADLY WOUNDED – 33 JAMES STREET, HULL (HDM 24/06/1918)
