The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private S G Spoore

Private Samuel George SPOORE, G/15107, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 7th October 1916.

15th June 1897, born Bulcamp, Suffolk, son of Samuel & Alice Spoore, near Station, Wenhaston, Suffolk.

1911 Census - Lower Road, Wenhaston, near Halesworth, Suffolk - Alice Spoor, head, age 40, married 17 years, 8 children, 5 still alive, born Great Glenham, Suffolk; Samuel George Spoore, son, age 13, milk boy, farmer, worker, born Bulcamp, Suffolk; Percy Roberts Kitchener Spoore, son, age 11, school, born Bulcamp, Suffolk; Dora Lilian Spoore, daughter, age 8, school, born Wenhaston, Suffolk; Alice Maude Spoore, daughter, age 4, school, born Wenhaston, Suffolk; Laura Jane Nolloth, visitor, age 22, married under 1 year, no children, born Southwold, Suffolk.

Enlisted Halesworth, Suffolk, age 18 years & 6 months, height 5ft 3 inches, weight 103lbs, slight flat foot. Resided Wenhaston, Suffolk. Formerly cowman.

Home 9th December 1915 to 12th September 1916; BEF 13th September 1916 to 7th October 1916.

9th December 1915, enlisted; 10th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 11th May 1916, mobilized; 11th May 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th May 1916, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st September 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th September 1916, posted BEF & embarked; 13th September 1916, Infantry Base Depot; 29th September 1916, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment & joined Battalion, In the Field; 7th October 1916, posted missing.

6th September 1919, Statement of Relatives - not married, no children; Father Samuel Spoore, age 48; Mother Alice Spoore, age 46, Low Road, Wenhaston, near Halesworth, Suffolk; Brothers - Percy R? Spoore, age 20; Sisters - Daisy Mary? Spoore, age 25; Dora L Spoore, age 17; Alice M Spoore, age 13.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, France / Wenhaston War Memorial.

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