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|Army number=4456066
|Army number=4456066
|Rank=Pte
|Rank=Pte
|Date of birth=Born 1909/10.
|Age=30
|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.
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
|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
|Source table=1TS
}}
}}

Revision as of 16:22, 22 November 2016

Personnel Entry

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Pte W Spence's CWGC headstone.

Name Spence William
Army number 4456066
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born 1909/10.
Age 30
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.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
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