Private 17791 John Arnold SPENCER

Private 17791 John Arnold Spencer{gallery}Pte J A Spencer{/gallery}2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 15th September 1916, aged 26

• Buried: Serre Road Cemetery No 2, Somme, France. Grave 2XL.F.11
  
• Awarded 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of John and Jemima Spencer of 250 Martson Lane, Marston Jabbett, Nuneaton
  
• Brother of Private Samuel Spencer
• NNWFHS Memorial: Bedworth
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Pte Spencer
• NNWFHS Bedworth War Memorial Page
• Serre Road Cemetery
• Grenadier Guards

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born c1890 at Hanging Heaton, Dewsbury, Yorks
  
• Employed as a coal miner / hewer