WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 239584 | Pte Samuel Leonard Spencer | 411 Agra. Co. Labour Corps | |
| Medal card | No medal card, probably because Agra Companies served in the UK. | ||
| AVL | AVL address: Fisher Lane; not on roll of honour Herbert Richards also served in this company and gave his AVL address as Bingham |
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Family history etc
| Samuel Leonard Spencer | |||
| 1881 | Born Bingham Jun qtr 1881 Baptised 23/11/1881 Illegitimate son of Lydia Spencer (b. 1862, see below) |
1856: George Spencer married Lydia Scothern. | |
| 1881 census (family) |
Family living in Long Acre Street: George, b 1832 Saxondale Wife: Lydia (neé Scothern), b. 1832 Bingham Children: Joseph Scothern Spencer, b. 1848 Lydia, b. 1862 |
Farm Labourer Lace Hand Farm labourer Lace Hand |
Mother of Samuel Leonard Spencer |
| 1891 Census | Living in Long Acre East with: Grandfather: George Grandmother: Lydia Mother: Lydia Sister: Harriet. b 1890 Bingham |
Agricultural Labourer Charwoman |
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| 1901 census (family) |
Family living in Long Acre: George Wife: Lydia Daughter: Lydia, b. 1862 |
Agricultural Labourer Charwoman |
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| 1901 Census | Samuel boarding in Eastwood with: John Whitley, b. 1840 Aylesbury Frances Whitley, b. 1841 Aston Abbots, Buckinghamshire George Marriott, b 1854 Colston Bassett |
Carter on Farm Colliery Banksman Carter on Farm |
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| 1911 Census | Living in Fisher Lane, Bingham with: Grandmother: Lydia Mother: Lydia [Half?] Sister: Nelly, b. 1898 Bingham |
Farm Labourer Widowed Fancy Bead Maker |
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| 1939 | Death: Samuel L Spencer, age 58, Buried in Grantham cemetery
13/7/1939 9 July 1939: Death certificate: address, boarder with DB Warren, 119 Dysart Road, Grantham. Samuel was described a farm labourer. He died from a stroke. Mr Warren was the informant, implying that Samuel was not married. |
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