Private Samuel Spence
Number: 25190
Company: 74th (Dublin) Company (New), 8th Battalion
ENLISTMENT
Date: 11 February 1901
Place: Dublin
Age: 19 years 11 months
Trade of calling: Clerk
Place of birth: In the Parish of Sandymount, in or near the Town of Dublin, in the County of Dublin.
Family: Single. Father James Duncan Spence, art publisher, mother Jenefer Spence (nee Naylor), of Cowper Road, Rathmines, and 36 Westmoreland Street, Dublin.
Previous military service: No
Description: Height 5' 7 1/2". Complexion fresh, eyes grey, hair brown.
Religion: Presbyterian
ACTIVE SERVICE
Date to South Africa: 22 March 1901
Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal. Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, 1901 clasps.
DEATH
Date: 24 August 1901
Place: Rooikopjes
Cause: Killed in action
Buried/ commemorated: Griquatown, later re-interred in West End Cemetery, Kimberley/ West End Cemetery Memorial, and St Andrew's Church Memorial, Dublin.
Image, part of a family photo dated around 1895, sourced from Ancestry.com Public Member Trees - contributor Heather Litten.
This page last updated 29 August 2024.