Thomas Spencer
Service Number
T/261295
Military Unit
Attd. 1st Bn The Buffs (East Kent Rgt) Army Service Corps
Date of birth
Unknown
Date of Death
18 Feb 1917 (33 Years Old)
Place of Birth
Bothamsall
Employment, Education or Hobbies
Unknown
- Family History
- Military History
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Family History
Thomas was the son of Leonard , a woodman on the estate and Betsy Spencer of 29 Ranby Babworth. By 1901 Thomas had left home to live with farm foreman James Spalding and his wife at Canal Cottages Babworth. By 1911 Thomas’s mother Betsy Spencer had died and Thomas had moved back to the family home with his siblings Ada and Sydney and nephews Ivy and Winifred.
Military History
Thomas enlisted in Retford and served with the 3rd Depot Company Army Service Corps. He died in hospital in Bradford on 18th February 1917. He was buried in Babworth All Saints Churchyard Extension
Extra Information
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