William Henry Spice does not appear
in Chailey’s parish magazine but Soldiers Died in The Great War notes that he was born in “Chailey, Kent”. This is certainly an error and in all probability he was not born in Chailey. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Debt of Honour Register notes that
he was the “Son of Mrs. W. Spice, of Gasometer House, Broadstairs, Kent.”
Soldiers Died notes that he was
living in Broadstairs, Kent and enlisted at Canterbury and records him as 33549 Private William Henry Spice of the 1st East Surrey
Regiment. He was killed in action in France
and Flanders on 18th July
1917 aged 19 and is commemorated on bay six of the Arras Memorial,
France.
Sources and Acknowledgements
- Soldiers Died in The Great War
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission: Debt of Honour Register
- Peter Beckett of the Great War Forum for the information from Soldiers Died
