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Joseph Alexander Spence

In memory of:

Private Joseph Alexander Spence

August 26, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

31765

Age:

33

Force:

Army

Unit:

King's Own Scottish Borderers

Division:

1st/4th Battalion

Additional Information


Son of Joseph and Annie Spence, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Native of Edinburgh. Left Vancouver 12th August, 1914. to enlist.

Commemorated on Page 594 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

VII . A. 11.

Location:

Wancourt is a village about 8 kilometres south-east of Arras. It is 2 kilometres south of the main road from Arras to Cambrai. The WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY is a short distance south-east of the village just off the D 35 road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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