John Spencer
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Son of Fred and Elizabeth Spencer of 3 Chester Court, Mansfield. Fred had died in 1933.
Siblings: Phyliss (1910-12), Lucy (1911), Fred (1912-1916) and Leonard (1915).
John married Ellen Stokes of 214 New Victoria Street, Mansfield in Spring 1940, so married only about a year. They had no children and Ellen re-married in 1948 to Harold Gascoigne.
The 2 H.A.A. (heavy anti aircraft) were deployed to Eygpt in September 1940 and then sent Greece arriving on 7th march 1941. The Germans invaded Greece on 6th April and the Allied forces were forced to retreat and eventually an evacuation back to Egypt was ordered for the 29th April. John was killed sometime during the retreat and on CWGC site his date of death is shown has 26/4-27/4/1941.
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