Spencer, Joseph

BORN HULL 1881. SON OF ISSAC MRS ANN E. SPENCER, OF 5 MANCHESTER PLACE, WAVERLEY STREET, HULL. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS AN OIL MANUFACTURER AND BOARDED IN GRIMSBY (1911 CENSUS) AND THIS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 16/08/1914. SERVED AS BOMBARDIER, IN THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, ON 20/02/1916, AGED 35. HE LEFT HIS ARMY EFFECTS TO HIS MOTHER ANN, AND BROTHERS, WILLIAM, ROBERT, JOHN, ARTHUR AND HERBERT. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 01/12/1916.
HE IS BURIED AT RAILWAY CHATEAU CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “NOT FORGOTTEN”