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Private JOHN WILLIAM SPENCE

Service Number: 28398
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Yorkshire Regiment

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 December 1917

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GILLING (ST. AGATHA) CHURCHYARD

Near North wall of Churchyard.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John William and Mary Jane Spence, of Rokeby Barnard Castle, Co. Durham; husband of Lilly Spence, of Gilling West, Richmond, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

GILLING (ST. AGATHA) CHURCHYARD
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 5
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