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Private JOSEPH ALEXANDER SPENCE

Service Number: 31765
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Scottish Borderers

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 August 1918

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

VII. A. 11.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Annie Spence, of 3262, 21st Avenue West, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Native of Edinburgh. Left Vancouver 12th Aug., 1914. to enlist.
  • Personal Inscription GOD REST THEE DEAR BOY
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Buried or commemorated at

WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1939
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