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Serjeant WILLIAM SPENCE

Service Number: 5833
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

"D" Coy. 2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 September 1914

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HAUTRAGE MILITARY CEMETERY

II. E. 16.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Conduct Medal
  • Additional Info Husband of the late Florence Spence.
  • Personal Inscription THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
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Buried or commemorated at

HAUTRAGE MILITARY CEMETERY
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 773
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