The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private S C Spence

Photograph by "Philippe DEGROOTE"

Private Sydney Charles SPENCE, G/31123, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 25th August 1918, age 18.

1890 December Quarter, Blything, Suffolk Registration District, #Robert William Spence married *Mary Jane Coleman.

Born Campsea Ashe, Suffolk, son of Robert & *Mary Jane Spence, of 20, Felix Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk.

1901 Census - 2 Sand Pit Cottage, Campsea Ashe, Suffolk - #Robert Spence, head, married, age 31, Railway Shunter, points, worker, born Yoxford, Suffolk; *Mary J Spence, wife, age 33, married, born Yoxford, Suffolk; John C Spence, son, age 8, born Capmsey Ash, Suffolk; Dudley R Spence, son, age 7, born Capmsey Ash, Suffolk; Ralph W Spence, son, age 3, born Capmsey Ash, Suffolk; Sidney C Spence, age 1, born Capmsey Ash, Suffolk; Frank Bewley, boarder, age 20, Railway Porter, worker, born Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.

1903 September Quarter, Samford, Suffolk, #Robert William Spence, died age 34.

1909 June, Blything, Suffolk Registration District, *Mary Jane Spence married George Spence

1911 Census - High Street, Yoxford, Suffolk - George Spence, head, age 49, married, gardener domestic, Estate, born Yoxford, Suffolk; Mary Jane Spence, wife, age 44, married 1 year, no children, born Yoxford, Suffolk; Ralph Wm Spence, son, age 13, school, born Campsea Ashe, Suffolk; Sydney Charles Spence, son, age 11, school, born Campsea Ashe, Suffolk; Geoffrey Rupert Spence, son, age 9, school, born Caple St Mary, Suffolk.

Entries crossed through - Ethel Spence, daughter, housemaid, born Yoxford, Suffolk; George James Spence, son, age 19, single, porter railway, born Campsea Ashe, Suffolk; Jack Cecil Spence, son, age 18, single, soldier, born Campsea Ashe, Suffolk; Dudley Robert Spence, son, age 17, cowman, Estate, born Campsea Ashe, Suffolk; Sydney Spence, born Campsea Ashe, Suffolk.

Enlisted Ipswich, Suffolk.

Buried at Achiet-le Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, III. G. 22., France. Commemorated Yoxford War Memorial.

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