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Trooper ALEX SPENCE

Service Number: 7885628
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.

4th

Date of Death

Died 17 March 1941

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KHARTOUM WAR CEMETERY

7. A. 7.

Sudan

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred and Mary Spence, of Nelson, Lancashire; husband of Elsie Spence, of Nelson.
  • Personal Inscription THERE'S SOME CORNER OF A FOREIGN FIELD THAT IS FOR EVER ENGLAND
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Buried or commemorated at

KHARTOUM WAR CEMETERY
Sudan
Number of casualties: 842
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