Spooner Harold Pte 6287915

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Personnel Entry

Pte H Spooner's CWGC headstone.
Pte H Spooner's CWGC headstone.

Name Spooner Harold
Army number 6287915
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Research suggests Pte Spooner was born in Coleshill, Warwickshire in 1925.
Age 19
Unit Joined the East Kent Regiment - enlisted 4/5/1939. Transferred to the Middlesex Regiment 18/11/1942. Transferred to the Black Watch, posted 1 TS. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION NW Europe 28/6/44, Serial No. 370.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Date not yet confirmed.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 28-Jun-44
Home address Resident of Middlesex at the time of his death. Buried Grave IV.A.13. St Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux.
Source table 1TS