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{{Personnel
|id=1272
|Surname and forenames=Spence William
|Army number=4456066
|Rank=Pte
|Age=30
|Unit=DLI, 1 TS
|Died/Killed in action=20/5/1940 00:00:00
|Home address=Son of James and Elizabeth Spence, Husband of Dorothy Spence, Sandyford, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
|Source table=1TS
}}

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 |Surname and forenames=Spence William
 |Army number=4456066
-|Rank=Pte
+|Rank=Private.
 |Date of birth=Born 1909/10.
 |Age=30 at the time of his death.
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 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
 |Task or role=Not known but probably Rifleman.
 |Promotions=None known.
 |Wounded=Not yet known.

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 |Rank=Pte
 |Date of birth=Born 1909/10.
-|Age=30
+|Age=30 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably Spring 1939.  Posted ? 9th Bn DLI.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.  Previously reported Missing, now presumed KILLED in ACTION while with the B.E.F. on, or shortly after, 20/5/40, Auth:- CAS/BW/6/ Serial No. 778 dated 31/8/45.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but probably Spring 1939.  Posted ? 9th Bn DLI.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  Previously reported Missing, now presumed KILLED in ACTION while with the B.E.F. on, or shortly after, 20/5/40, Auth:- CAS/BW/6/ Serial No. 778 dated 31/8/45.
 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
-|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
+|Died/Killed in action=Presumed to have been KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40 at Ficheux.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row B, Grave 11, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.  His headstone inscription reads: AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER HIM.
-|Home address=Son of James and Elizabeth Spence, Husband of Dorothy Spence, Sandyford, Newcastle-on-Tyne.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row B, Grave 11, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
+|Home address=Son of James and Elizabeth Spence, Husband of Dorothy Spence, Sandyford, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
 |Image Name=Spence_W_4456066.JPG
 |Image Title=Pte W Spence's CWGC headstone.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}

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 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
 |Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
-|Home address=Son of James and Elizabeth Spence, Husband of Dorothy Spence, Sandyford, Newcastle-on-Tyne.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row B, Grave 11, Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
+|Home address=Son of James and Elizabeth Spence, Husband of Dorothy Spence, Sandyford, Newcastle-on-Tyne.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row B, Grave 11, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
 |Image Name=Spence_W_4456066.JPG
 |Image Title=Pte W Spence's CWGC headstone.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}

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 |Army number=4456066
 |Rank=Pte
 |Age=30
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS, Previously reported missing, now presumed KILLED in ACTION -  B.E.F. on or shortly after 20/5/40, Auth:- CAS/BW/6/ Serial No. 778 dated 31/8/45.
+|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably Spring 1939.  Posted ? 9th Bn DLI.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.  Previously reported Missing, now presumed KILLED in ACTION while with the B.E.F. on, or shortly after, 20/5/40, Auth:- CAS/BW/6/ Serial No. 778 dated 31/8/45.
 |Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
 |Home address=Son of James and Elizabeth Spence, Husband of Dorothy Spence, Sandyford, Newcastle-on-Tyne.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row B, Grave 11, Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}