BORN HULL 1891. SON OF WILLIAM SPENCER (1847-1909) & ELLEN LEMON SPENCER (1849-1932). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. FROM A COTTON WEAVING FAMILY. HE WORKED AS A WEAVER. HE MARRIED SELINA NORCROSS, ON 28/01/1915, AGED 25. LIVED AT 67 PARK ROAD, BARNOLDSWICK, NEAR COLNE, YORKSHIRE, AT THIS ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS.
HE ENLISTED AT KEIGHLEY, YORKS, ON 01/07/1916. HE WAS DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7.5 INCHES TALL, 124 LBS, 36.5 INCH CHEST, “WELL BUILT” AND BLUE EYES. SERVED WITH THE 10TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 15/12/1916. WOUNDED WITH SHELL SHOCK, ON 05/06/1917. HE REJOINED HIS BATTALION ON 16/09/1917. WAS REPORTED MISSING, PRESUMED KILLED, ON 20/09/2017, AGED 25. HE IS COMMEMORATED AT THE TYNE COT CEMETERY. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 1 YEAR AND 82 DAYS. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, SELINA AT 67 PARK ROAD, BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
| Name | Alfred Spencer |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Hull, 1891 |
| Residence | 67, Park Road, Barnoldswick, Yorkshire |
| Death Date | 20 Sep 1917 |
| Death Place | Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| Enlistment Place | Keighley, Yorks |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment |
| Battalion | 10th Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 22809 |
| Type of Casualty | Died of wounds |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
