BORN HULL 1893. ONLY SON OF JOSEPH SPENCER (1855-1935) & CHRISTINA JANE GORDON (1857-1946), OF 34 MARKET PLACE, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER. HIS ARMY RECORDS, DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 111 LBS WEIGHT, 31.5 INCH CHEST.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 23/11/1915. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 22398, 14TH EAST YORKSHIRE RESERVES REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED, AS LANCE CORPORAL, 30768, 64TH MACHINE GUN CORPS, ON 04/08/1916. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/09/1916, AGED 23.
HE IS COMMEMORATED AT THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING ON THE SOMME.
HE LEFT TWO OLDER SISTERS, FLORENCE MAY AND ALICE GORDON SPENCER.
First name:
GORDON LESLIE
Military Number:
30768
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
26/09/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
23
