Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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William Allan Spence
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Glasgow
- Service no: 331783
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry
- Unit/Ship: 9th Battalion
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death: 21
- Date of Death: 04.12.1917
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Achiet-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extention
- Grave/Mem Ref no: II.A.24.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Broughty Ferry
- Address:
- Occupation:
- Mother:
Jessie Y. Spence, 51 Exeter St, Partick, Glasgow
- Father:
William Booth Spence, 51 Exeter St, Partick, Glasgow
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about William Allan Spence
William Allan Spence 331783 Highland Light Infantry
SPENCE—Died of wounds, on 5th December, Private William Allan, aged 21, H.L.I. (Glasgow Highlanders), only son of Mr and Mrs W. B. Spence, 51 Exeter Drive, Partick, late of “Laurebank,” Brook Street, Monifieth.
Dundee Peoples Journal 15th December 1917
Information supplied by Gary Thomson, additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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