Ernest SPENCER

Main CPGW Record

Surname: SPENCER

Forename(s): Ernest

Place of Birth: Silsden, Yorkshire

Service No: G/17293

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Sussex Regiment

Battalion / Unit: 11th (Service) Battalion. (1st South Down)

Division: 39th Division

Age: 19

Date of Death: 1918-02-05

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: II. E. 3.

CWGC Cemetery: GOUZEAUCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: SILSDEN, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Ernest Spencer was the son of Herbert and Alice Jane Spencer, née Horner. Herbert was born at Silsden and Alice at Skipton, Yorkshire.

1901 Bradford, Yorkshire Census: Caretaker's House, St John's Wesleyan Church, Heaton - Ernest Spencer, aged 2 years, born Silsden, Yorkshire, son of Herbert and Alice J. Spencer. [Herbert and Alice were visiting her father and mother - William and Sarah Horner at the above address.]

1911 Silsden, Yorkshire Census: 44, Kirkgate - Ernest Spencer, aged 13 years, born Silsden, son of Herbert and Alice Jane Spencer.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Ernest Spencer, G/17293, R. Suss. R.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Ernest Spencer, G/17293, 11th R. Suss.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Ernest Spencer, G/17293, 11/Bn Royl. Sussex Regt. Date and Place of Death: 5.2.18. France or Belg. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Herbert. £10 11s. 9d.

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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