Name
Andrew William Spens
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
07/08/1917
45
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lance Corporal
25801
Essex Regiment
2nd Garrison Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
WIMBLEDON (GAP ROAD) CEMETERY
Section J. Row B. Grave 135.
United Kingdom
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 8 Jun 1872 in George Town, British Guiana. He married Helen Holmes of Wimbledon Park, London on 19 Jun 1900 and had one son.
Wartime Service
Enlisted on 1 Sep 1915 in Scotland Yard, London and served in India 25 Feb 1916 to 21 Feb 1917. He fell ill on service with disabling vertigo, was repatriated to UK on Hospital Ship Letitia and admitted to University College Hospital, London where a brain tumour was diagnosed and operated on. He was discharged from the Army on 19 Jun 1917 and died after discharge at St Dunstan’s Hospital.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
