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Name:

Richard Hammond SPOORS

Casualty No.:

Ranks:

Private

Initials:

R H

Service No.:

241729

Date of Birth :

Place of Birth :

Stella, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Age at Death:

Unit:

8th Bn Border Regiment.

Former Unit(s):

2861 Durham Light Infantry.

Place Enlisted:

Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Place of Residence:

Stella, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Home Address:

5 Stella Cottages, Stella, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Previous Address:

Civilian Employment:

Miner at Addison Colliery.

How Died:

Died of wounds

Date of Death:

Saturday 20th April 1918

Place of Death:

Belgium

Battle/Campaign:

Battles of the Lys, Belgium, 9th -29th April 1918. First Battle of Kemmel, 17th - 19th April 1918. 75th Brigade, 25th Division, IX Corps, Second Army.

Locally Commemorated:

Addison Colliery War Memorial, Co. Durham. St Mary and St Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Church, Roll of Honour, Stella, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.

UK Commemorated:

Blaydon War Memorial, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Overseas Commemorated:

Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium.

Buried:

Decoration and Medals:

Photographs:

Service Records:

Death Notice/Obituary:

Family Details:

Son of Thomas and Mary Jane Spoors, of 5 Stella Cottages, Stella, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Notes :

Sources Used:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. Soldiers Died in the Great War.

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