BORN HULL 26/04/1892. SON OF SAMUEL SPENCER & THE LATE ALICE ROYAL (1862-1907), OF 1 JENNET GROVE, GILLETT STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HIS SISTER MRS SARAH FYSON LIVED AT 6 DEVON AVENUE, GILLETT STREET, HULL. HE WAS A FIREMAN IN SAWMILL. LOST ON THE MINESWEEPER “COLUMBIA”, 01/05/1915, AGED 23. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL. HIS BROTHER JAMES EDWARD SPENCER, 12TH KRRC, WAS KILLED ON 08/08/1916, AGED 32.
On May 1st, 1915, the British iron minesweeper COLUMBIA, built in 1887 by Matthew Pearse & Co. Ltd. and operated at the time of her loss by British Royal Navy, Admiralty, Rn, was torpedoed and sunk by German warships. People on board HMT COLUMBIA123 1. BOE, JAKOB OSCAR , Engineman (no. 366ES), HMT Columbia, Royal Naval Reserve, †01/05/1915, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 2. CLARKSON, GEORGE (19), Warrant Telegraphist, HMT Columbia, Royal Naval Reserve, †01/05/1915, Son of Thomas and Margaret Clarkson, of Ballingaddy, Kilmallock, Limerick, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 3. CLIVE, ROBERT , Signal Boy (no. 7SB), HMT Columbia, Royal Naval Reserve, †01/05/1915, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 4. DIXON, HARRY , Deck Hand (no. 2371DA), HMT Columbia, Royal Naval Reserve, †01/05/1915, Husband of Elizabeth Annie Dixon, of 145, Blackfriars Rd., Great Yarmouth, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 5. HAWTHORN, WALTER , Lieut-Commander, HMT Columbia, Royal Naval Reserve, †01/05/1915, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 6. LADDS, WILLIAM (48), Deck Hand (no. 1913DA), HMT Columbia, Royal Naval Reserve, †01/05/1915, Husband of Caroline Ladds, of 44, Oxford St., Boston, Lincs, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 7. LEDGETT, GEORGE , Seaman (no. 6090A), HMT Columbia, Royal Naval Reserve, †01/05/1915, Brother of Edward Thomas Ledgett, of 6, Adelaide Buildings, Ann St., Poplar, London, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial 8. LOWNIE, ANDREW (17), Seaman (no. 5946A), HMT Columbia, Royal Naval Reserve, †01/05/1915, Son of Eliza Lownie, of I, William St., Gourdon, Montrose, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 9. MCGUIRE, JAMES (28), Trimmer (no. 160TS), HMT Columbia, Royal Naval Reserve, †01/05/1915, Son of William and Ann McGuire, of Bolton, Lancs, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial 10. NOBLE, PETER (18), Seaman (no. 6148A), HMT Columbia, Royal Naval Reserve, †01/05/1915, Son of James and Jane Noble, of 38, College Bounds, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 11. PORT, GEORGE ALBERT (26), Deck Hand (no. 259DA), HMT Columbia, Royal Naval Reserve, †01/05/1915, Son of George and Sarah Port, of Peckham, London, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial 12. SILVESTER, WILLIAM HENRY (26), Warrant Telegraphist, HMT Columbia, Royal Naval Reserve, †01/05/1915, Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Silvester, of 10, Charlotte St., Folkestone, Kent, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 13. SPENCER, GEORGE HERBERT (22), Trimmer (no. 1949TS), HMT Columbia, Royal Naval Reserve, †01/05/1915, Son of Samuel Spencer; brother of Mrs. S. Foyston, of 1, Jennet Grove, Hessle Rd., Hull, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 14. STANNARD, ARTHUR GEORGE (23), Engineman (no. 696TS), HMT Columbia, Royal Naval Reserve, †01/05/1915, Son of Frederick and Florence A. L. Stannard, of 52, Florence Rd., Pakefield, Lowestoft, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 15. TREVOR, ARTHUR LEONARD (25), Trimmer (no. 265TS), HMT Columbia, Royal Naval Reserve, †01/05/1915, Son of George and Annie E. Trevor, of 182, Waterloo St., Hull, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 16. WAKEHAM, JOHN HENRY (41), Second Hand (no. 697DA), HMT Columbia, Royal Naval Reserve, †01/05/1915, Son of John and Martha Wakeham, of Ramsgate; husband of Florence Wakeham, of 16, Meeting St., Ramsgate, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?75447
