The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private C Spencer

Private Charles SPENCER, G/11980, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 23rd March 1918.

Born Stepney, London, E. son of Robert & Emily Spencer.

12th January 1908, St John, Limehouse Fields, Tower Hamlets, Charles Spencer, age 30, bachelor, carman, 10 Elna? Street, father, Robert Spencer, cabinet maker, married Florence Spillman, age 30, spinster, 10 Elna? Street, father, William Spillman, house decorator.

1911 Census - 7 Barnsley Street, Bethnall Green, London, E. - Charles Spencer, head, age 32, married, brewers labourer, Brewers, worker, born Stepney; Florence Spencer, wife, age 33, married 4 years, no children, born St George in the East.

Previously served 12 years with Royal West Kent Regiment, term expired.

Enlisted London, SW, age 38 years, height 5ft 6¼ inches, weight 152lbs, tattoo marks both arms. Resided 7 Barnsley Street, Bethnall Green, London, E. / 11 Viaduct Street, Bethnall Green, London, E. Formerly labourer.

Home 28th January 1916 to 18th May 1916; BEF 19th May 1916 to 24th April 1917; Home 25th April 1917 to 31st July 1917; BEF 1st August 1917 to 23rd March 1918.

28th January 1916, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd February 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th February 1916, Sunbury Manor, disobeying an order, 7 days confined to Barracks; 28th February 1916, Fort Darland, breaking out of Camp whilst a Defaulter & remaining absent until 29th February 1916, awarded 14 days Field Punishment No.2. for absence, forfeits 8 days pay; 15th May 1916, Fort Darland, overstaying his pass when warned for a draft from 2.00pm 15th May 1916 until 12.00 noon, 16th May 1916, awarded 21 days Field Punishment No.2. for absence, forfeits 2 days pay; 19th May 1916, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th April 1917, sprained left foot, on active service, working party, falling in trench, not to blame; 22nd April 1917, No.13 General Hospital, Boulogne; 25th April 1917, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 25th April 1917 to 14th May 1917, Middlesex War Hospital, near St Albans, contusion, left foot; 29th May 1917, patient in War Hospital, Croydon, absent 29th May 1917 to 3rd June 1917, forfeits 6 days pay; 29th June 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th July 1917, Fort Horsted, overstaying his pass from Tattoo until 9.30pm 18th July 1917, deprived 8 days pay & foirfeits 4 days pay for absence, 15th July 1917 to 18th July 1917; 1st August 1917, posted BEF & 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd August 1917, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot; 16th August 1917, posted 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st September 1917, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 19th September 1917, Tried by Field General Court Martial, drunkenness at about 8.00pm on 14th September 1917, whilst in the Line of March, 28 days Field Punishment No.1.; 23rd March 1918, posted missing.

22nd December 1918, date when Separation Allowance of 16/- a week, payable to wife, ceases.

23rd December 1918, pension of 13/9 a week awarded to widow.

Commemorated at Arras Memorial, Bay 7, France.

NOTE: Soldiers Died in the Great War shows Battalion as 6th; CWGC web site shows Battalion as 10th.

This page was last updated on 01-Apr-2022.