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Rifleman JOHN SPENCER

Service Number: R/15093
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

17th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 June 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRANDHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

I. L. 33.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Eli and Harriet Spencer, of 70, Kay St., Freetown, Bury.
  • Personal Inscription HERE LIES ONE OF THE BRITISH HEROES
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Buried or commemorated at

BRANDHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 671
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