Yorkshire Regiment War Graves, - Belper Cemetery, Derbyshire.

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Belper Cemetery, Derbyshire, contains 38 Commonwealth War Grave burials from both the First and the Second World War. One of the First World War burials is of Private George Charles Spencer of the Yorkshire Regiment..

We are extremely grateful to Richard Roberts (<richard@nosnailshere.co.uk>) who has forwarded the photograph of George Spencer's grave in this cemetery. Details of George Spencer, and a photograph of his grave in Belper Cemetery are below.

Belper Cemetery, with the grave of Charles Spencer and his parents in the right foreground.
Photo by Richard Roberts (<richard@nosnailshere.co.uk>

Private George Charles Spencer. 43202. 17th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Charles and Kate Spencer, of 88, Nottingham Rd., Belper. Died at home 17 May 1917. Aged 22.
Born Belper (Derbyshire), Enlisted Derby, Resided Belper (Derby).

Private Spencer is buried in a grave shared with his parents, Charles and Kate. There is no headstone to the grave, and the names are recorded on the top of the kerb that runs round the grave (see photo above, and below).

Private Spencer served in the 17th Battalion, of which there is no recorded history on Wylly's "The Green Howards in the Last War". All that is stated is that the 17th Battalion was a Labour Battalion.

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The grave of Private George Spencer and his parents Charles and Kate in Belper Cemetery (Derbyshire)
Photo by Richard Roberts (<richard@nosnailshere.co.uk>

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