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Private JOHN WILLIAM SPENCER

Service Number: 6376
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 February 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BELLACOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, RIVIERE

I. K. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Martha Spencer, of 63, West St., Retford, Notts.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR ONLY CHILD JACK NEVER FORGOTTEN MA AND DAD
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Buried or commemorated at

BELLACOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, RIVIERE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 549
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