Thirty five year old Captain Spencer left behind a widow and three children when he was killed by a stray shell. Previous to his enlistment he was employed at the Mansfield Colliery and in his spare time enjoyed sports being interested in boxing, and was an accomplished swimmer and water polo player.. He went over to France in February 1915 and was hospitalised in Boulogne after slipping on ice and injuring his head. During heavy fighting in June a bullet passed through him and he was hospitalised in England. After recovering he was engaged as a sergeant major in drilling troops at Grantham, Newark and Marshchapel. From here he went to Glasgow to take up a .commission. He received his captaincy in September 1917.

john weston