Morris Ralph Spence Sgt 4437379
Personnel Entry
Name Morris Ralph Spence
Army number 4437379
Rank Sergeant.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At time of death).Not yet known.
Unit Royal Field Artillery No 262960 discharged 14/12/18. Attested 26/3/20 - working as a Miner aged 27 - joined 9the Battalion DLI. Re-enlisted 9/7/21 for 2 yrs. Re-enlisted 15/4/21 discharged 5/3/26. Re-enlisted 9th Battalion DLI 13/2/34. Posted to the 12th Battalion - probably 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish 1/2/40. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Included on the acquittance roll for 10/5/1940. Taken Prisoner of War. Repatriated to the UK. Posted ? Bn Black Watch on the disbanding of 1st Tyneside Scottish. Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 7/1/46.
Company/Battery HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Probably Platoon Sergeant.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known beyond Sergeant.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes - Held in Stalag 383, PoW Number 6262.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet ascertained.
Home address Married Alice Ruby Lamb 1/1/18 in Gateshead. Lived at 125, Fleming St. Teams, Gateshead.
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