Name
Maurice Arnott Spicer
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
22/05/1915
33
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Corporal
81840
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
10th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
VIMY MEMORIAL
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
St Mary The Virgin Church Memorial Plaque, Stanstead St Margaret’s,
Hoddesdon Congregational Church Memorial, (now in) United Reform Church, Hoddesdon
Pre War
Born on 23rd April 1882 in Hambledon, Surrey, one of nine children, to parents Herbert and Martha. By 1891 had moved to Brading in Hampshire and 10 years later were in Oakwood Hill, Surrey. From 1897 until 1899 attended Mill Hill school in Burton Bank House. By 1902 he was working as a dairy farmer, within a few years he had emigrated to Canada where he became an estate agent, possibly with his brother Charles who had already arrived in Canada.
Wartime Service
Joined Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on December 14th 1914, with his brother Cecil. Posted to B Company, 32nd Infantry Battalion. Sailed to England in February 1915. Arrived in France in May 1915. Promoted to Corporal. Killed in attack on village of Festubert, part of the Artois offensive, made to assist French attacks.
Additional Information
The Spicer brothers are also commemorated on a headstone in Hoddesdon Cemetery, currently we do not have a transcription of the words.
Acknowledgments
Terry Collins
