Basic Details Surname Spencer Forenames Thomas Gender Male Information stated on memorial War First World War (1914-1918) Served or died Died Notes Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He was an amateur actor but worked for the Hebden Bridge Timers and Calder Valley Gazette. He was one of the first to enlist in 194 and served as a batman. He suffered a shrapnel wouned at Ypres in the summer of 1915 and was treated in hospital in Strood in Kent: he then served in Egypt and finally the Somme where he was posted as missing. He was not found to have been commemorated on any other Calderdale memorial but is on the Thiepval Memorial. Primary Service As stated on memorial Service (Primary - Stated) Not Stated on the Memorial Unit (Primary - Stated) Not Stated on the Memorial Rank / Title (Primary - Stated) Not Stated on the Memorial Our References Service (Primary - Our reference) British Army Unit (Primary - Our reference) The Lancashire Fusiliers Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference) Lance Corporal Death and Burial details Country of death France Town of death Somme Year of death 1916 Month of death September Day of death 26 Age at death 26 Manner of death as stated Not Stated on the Memorial Manner of death reference Missing