BORN HULL 15/03/1887. THIRD SON OF DAVID SPENCER (1845-1910) AND JANE ELIZABETH SPENCER (1851-1919), OF 7, GROVE TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS, ALL LIVING WITH PARENTS AT THIS ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS). A GENERAL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED WITH THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER AND SISTER MARTHA.
HIS ELDER BROTHER, PRIVATE GEORGE SPENCER, 33014, 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 28/02/1918, AGED 40. THIER MOTHER, JANE ESTHER SPENCER, DIED ON 22/02/1919.
First name:
WILLIAM HENRY
Military Number:
12/946
Rank:
Private
Date Died
13/11/1916
Place died:
Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France
Age:
29
7, GROVE TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
