BORN MANCHESTER 22/12/1883. SON OF JAMES SPOONER (1861-1909) AND HONARA JANE BROMLEY (1859-1941). HE ENLISTED IN THE ARMY IN 1902 FOR FIVE YEARS. WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER, LIVING WITH HIS BROTHER, JOHN, AT 17 LILIANS TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE MARRIED ADA ABLETT JACKSON (1885-1944) AT HULL, ON 26/12/1913. THEY LIVED AT 8 JOHN’S TERRACE, KENT STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 3.5 INCHES TALL, 112 LBS WEIGHT, 32-34 INCH CHEST SIZE, BROWN EYES, BROWN HAIR.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL WHEN WAR BEGAN. POSTED TO FRANCE WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. SERVED WITH THE 2ND YORK AND LANCASHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED AT HOOGE CRATER, ON 07/08/1915, AGED 32. HE LEFT A WIDOW, AND THREE STEP CHILDREN. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
HIS BROTHER, CORPORAL, JOHN MEDCALF SPOONER, 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WAS KILLED AT GALLIPOLI ON 09/08/1915, AGED 34
