WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 2097 305381 |
Sergeant Joseph Spencer | 1/8th Battalion Notts. & Derby Sergeant 7th Notts. & Derby |
1895 |
| Roll of Honour | Served on Western Front. | ||
| AVL | Address: Nottingham Road;305381 Sgt. 7th R Notts & Derby (Infantry) | ||
| Medal card | Entry into France 2/3/1915. Discharged 4/3/1919 Awarded Victory, British 15 Star and on Silver War Badge list No. B185607 392 xv1a No longer physically fit to be a soldier (age 23) |
No other service records available | |
| Forces war records | Joseph would have been involved as below probably, during
which time he was promoted and transferred to 7thBatallion. 1/8th Battalion Territorial Force 04.08.1914 Stationed at Newark as part of the Notts & Derby Brigade of the North Midland Division and then moved to Harpenden and then Braintree. 25.02.1915 Mobilised for war and landed in France. 12.05.1915 Formation became the 139th Brigade and the 46th Division which engaged in various actions on the Western Front including; 1915 The German liquid fire attack at Hooge, The attack at the Hohenzollern Redoubt. 1916 The diversionary attack at Gommecourt. 1917 Operations on the Ancre, Occupation of the Gommecourt defences, The attack on Rettemoy Graben, The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The attack on Lievin, The Battle of Hill 70. The 7th Battalion was formed on .01.1918. 2/7th Battalion absorbed the 1/7th to become the 7th Battalion and transferred to the 178th Brigade of the 59th Division; The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Bailleul, The First Battle of Kemmel Ridge. 07.05.1918 Reduced to cadre. 29.05.1918 Transferred to the 30th Division. 19.06.1918 Transferred to the 66th Division. 15.08.1918 Transferred to the 116th Brigade of the 39th Division and ended the war near Etaples. |
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Family history etc
| Joseph Spencer | |||
| Research Note | Tracing Joseph has been difficult. We are confident the man described here is the right one but have no direct evidence. | ||
| 1895 | Born 3rd May 1895 Bingham Baptised 29 May 1895 |
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| 1901 census |
Living on Long Acre , Bingham with: Father: George, b. 1854 Saxondale Mother: Mary A, b. 1858 Great Gonerby Siblings: John, b.1886 Bingham Brigit, b. 1888 Bingham (bap 7/7/87 Brigit Dorothy) Roberta, b. 1890 Bingham (bap 16/5/89) Harry, b. 1892 Bingham Rebecca, b. 1899 Bingham (bap 2/4/99) |
Railway plate layer Joiner’s carter Nurse |
Brother Harry served in RFA |
| 1911 census |
Living on Nottingham Road with: Father: George Spencer, b. 1856, widower Siblings: Roy [Roberta] (daughter) b. 1889 Rebecca b. 1900 |
Farm Labourer (known as Joe in census) Platelayer Housekeeper School |
NB Mary Ann Spencer died Bingham Mar 1909 7b 345 |
| 1911 census (Poyser) |
Viloet Ellen Poyser born 1899 (Shelford) and living in Shelford with parents George and Eliza. | At school | |
| Electoral Rolls | 1918-1921 George Spencer (we assume Joseph’s father)
Nottingham Road 1922-1923 George Spencer and Joseph Spencer Nottingham Road 1925 Joseph Gamble Spencer (we assume this is the same Joseph) Nottingham Road 1926-1931 Joseph Gamble Spencer and Violet Helen Spencer Nottingham Road |
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| 1923 | Joseph Gamble Spencer married Violet E Poyser Bingham Dec qtr 1923 7b 1125 . | (1911) Her father was a passenger boat engineer | |
| 1939 Register | Nottingham Road Joseph Gamble Spencer, b. 3 May 1895 , married Violet Ellen, b. 17 July 1898, married |
Cement worker Charwoman and unpaid domestic duties |
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| 1947 | Poss: birth Jennifer H Spencer (mother nee Poyser) Sep qtr Edmonton 5e 882 | ||
| 1963 | 7th December 1963 Joseph G died, buried Bingham cemetery 30th May 1970 Violet Ellen died, buried Bingham cemetery. |
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