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Surname: SPENCE

Forename(s): Peter

Place of Birth: Slaidburn, Yorkshire

Service No: 6099

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

Battalion / Unit: 112th Coy

Division: 37th Division

Age: ---

Date of Death: 1916-11-21

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 5 C and 12 C.

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)

Additional Information:

Peter Spence was the son of Peter and Alice Elizabeth Spence, née Parker. Peter, senior, was born at Horsehouse, Yorkshire and Alice at Pilling, Lancashire.

1901 Nelson, Lancashire Census: Sheffield Farm - Peter Spence, aged 6 years, born Slaidburn, Yorkshire, son of Peter and Alice E. Spence.

1911 Nelson, Lancashire Census: 223, Barkerhouse Road - Peter Spence, aged 17 years, born Slaidburn, Yorkshire, son of Peter Spence (married).

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Peter Spence, S/13418, Rifle Brigade & 6099, Machine Gun Corps.

Photograph: 'Burnley News' (2 December 1916).

Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records

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

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Private Peter SPENCE

Private Peter SPENCE

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 37th Division

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 37th Division

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Surname: SPENCE

Forename(s): Peter

Born: Slaidburn, Yorks

Residence:

Enlisted: Nelson

Number: 6099

Rank: Private

Regiment: Machine Gun Corps

Battalion: (Infantry)

Decorations:

Died Date: 21/11/16

Died How: Killed in action

Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Notes: Formerly S/13418, Rif. Bde.

Data from Commonwealth War Graves Commission Records

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Surname: SPENCE

Forename(s): Peter

Country of Service: United Kingdom

Service Number: 6099

Rank: Private

Regiment: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

Unit: 112th Coy.

Age:

Awards:

Died Date: 21/11/1916

Additional Information:

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‘Burnley Express’ (2 December 1916)

(Kindly supplied by Robert S. Richardson)

NELSON MACHINE GUNNER

Mrs. Spence, 9, Castle-street, Nelson, has been unofficially informed of the death in action of her son, Pte. Peter Spence, of the Machine Gun Corps. The news is forwarded by Co.-Sergt.-Major Millward, who states that he was hit and killed by a piece of shrapnel on November 21st. “He was ready to lay down his all for freedom and right, and a braver soldier never lived,” the writer adds. Spence, who was 22 years of age, was formerly employed at Valley Mills.

‘Burnley News’ (2 December 1916)

(Kindly supplied by Robert S. Richardson)

NELSON HERO KILLED

“A BRAVER SOLDIER NEVER LIVED”

Mrs. Spence, 9, Castle-street, Nelson, has been unofficially informed of the death in action of her son, Private Peter Spence, of the Machine Gun Corps. The news is forwarded by Coy.-Sergt.-Major Millward, who states that he was hit and killed by a piece of shrapnel on November 21st. “He was ready to lay down his all for freedom and right, and a braver soldier never lived,” the writer adds.

Spence, who was 22 years of age, was formerly employed as a gasser at Valley Mills.

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