W. Spence
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 829528. Canadians 144 Batt. (Battalion). Old St George's boy. Home Sept. 1916 Nov. A Co. (Company). 144 Batt. Can.E.F. (Canadian Expeditionary Force). Wiitley Camp. Godalming. Surrey. Nov. 1917 D. Co. 8 Canadians. B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). Nov. 1918. E. Co. 8 Batt. C.G.D. Seaford Sussex.' (Extract from handwritten notes by The Reverend Robert Daniel Kermode, Vicar of St George's Church, Douglas, about men from his parish serving in the First World War. MS 10003/13)
External sources: Grosvenor Road