H.+J.+SPENCER

Spencer, Herbert J., Private, 3716, 1st/6th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders Born Derby Enlisted Ripon, Yorkshire Killed in action 30th July 1916 aged 22 Son of William and Susannah Spencer, of 20, Sadler Gate, Derby. Buried in Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, I, C, 65

1911 Census: Herbert J. Spencer, aged 17, was employed as an apprentice in the music trade. He resided at 20, Sadler Gate, Derby, and he was the son of William Spencer, a butcher, and Susannah Spencer, an assistant butcher.