Died of Wounds
23rd April 1918
age 31
Buried at Hampstead Cemetery
Newspaper Report:
SPENCER MEMORIAL TABLET
UNVEILING AT HASLINGDEN PARISH CHURCH.
A bronze tablet placed in Haslingden Parish Church - on the pillar on the south side at the end of the gallery - by Mrs. Spencer, widow of the late Rev. A. Spencer, M.A., for some years. Vicar of Haslingden, but afterwards Vicar of Accrington, in memory of her husband, who died in 1917, and of Mr. and Mrs. Spencer's two sons, Lieut. George Spencer, D.S.C., R.N.R., and Capt. J. Hilary Spencer, both of whom surrendered their lives in the war, the latter whilst a prisoner in German hands, was unveiled on Sunday morning by Canon Downham, Rural Dean. The ceremony followed the third collect, Canon Downham briefly, but touchingly referred to Mr. Spencer's valuable services whilst Vicar of Haslingden, the high esteem he won, and to the patriotic spirit that always distinguished the family, a spirit to which the tablet gave proof. The choir sand the anthem "The radiant morn," and there were appropriate hymns. The tablet is inscribed:-
To the
Glory of God,
and in loving
memory of
REV. A. SPENCER, M.A.,
formerly Vicar of this Parish,
who died
May 24th, 1917, aged 72,
also
LIEUTENANT GEORGE SPENCER,
D.S.C., R.N.R.,
mortally wounded at Zeebrugge
April 23rd, 1918, aged 31
also
CAPTAIN J. HILARY SPENCER,
Lancashire Fusiliers.
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