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William Thomas Spry

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Lambeth RD, London, Middlesex, England (United Kingdom)
Death: June 1918 (29-30)
Nord, France (Shot at Dawn - WW1)
Place of Burial: Nord, France
Immediate Family:

Son of William Henry Farquhar Spry and Ellen Spry
Husband of Annie Elizabeth Spry
Father of William Thomas Spry and Ethel May Spry
Brother of Ellen Elizabeth Spry and Sydney Charles Spry
Half brother of Robert Henry Spry; Stanley Spry; Frederick Spry and Albert Victor Spry

Occupation: 1891 - 2; 1901 - 12; World War 1 - Private Royal Fusiliers;
Birth Registration: SPRY, WILLIAM THOMAS; Mother SLEEP GRO Reference: 1888 S Quarter in LAMBETH Volume 01D Page 343
Marriage Registration: DecQ 1913 Camberwell RD Vol. 1d p. 1684 - Annie E Kenning;
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About William Thomas Spry

Private SPRY, WILLIAM THOMAS

  • Service Number G/305
  • Died 15/06/1918
  • Aged 29
  • 2nd Bn. Royal Fusiliers

Husband of Annie Elizabeth Spry, of 96, New Church Road, Camberwell, London.

Buried at MORBECQUE BRITISH CEMETERY Location: Nord, France Number of casualties: 105 Cemetery/memorial reference: Plot I. Row G. Grave 19.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/68492/spry,-william-tho...



Cemeteries G/305 Private, William Thomas Spry, 2nd Bn. Royal Fusiliers, executed for desertion 15th June 1918, aged 29. Husband of Annie Elizabeth Spry, of 96, New Church Road, Camberwell, London. Plot I. G. 19. He had served in the Dardanelles & later saw action on the Somme. Spry was serving under 2 suspended sentences, including one of death when he absconded at stand-to, being arrested 4 days later in Boulogne. (Putkowski, p.246)


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William Thomas Spry's Timeline

1888
June 18, 1888
Lambeth RD, London, Middlesex, England (United Kingdom)
1892
September 18, 1892
Age 4
Holy Trinity, Lambeth
1913
December 20, 1913
Lambeth
1915
April 1915
Lambeth
1918
June 1918
Age 29
Nord, France
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Morbecque British Cemetery, Nord, France