Alexander J. Spencer was born on 11 February 1926, the youngest of the three children of Thomas William Watt Spencer (1891-1969) and Sarah Rosina Spencer née Sharp (1892-1979). His birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1926 in the Hampstead Registration District, London.
His father was a Group 1 Checker with the London and North Eastern Railway (L.N.E.R.) at their Marylebone Goods Depot and during World War One had enlisted as a Sapper in the Royal Engineers, rising to the rank of Company Quarter Master Serjeant. His two siblings were: Rosina Lilian Spencer (1920-2010) and Thomas Henry Ernest Spencer (1923-1998). The family lived at 13 Frideswide Place, Kentish Town, London.
In December 1942 he was appointed as a Postman in London's Western District Office.
He joined the 1st Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment), service number 14989319, and died aged 19 years on 14 April 1945. He was originally buried in Gross Hauslingen, Germany but after the war was reburied on 2 August 1946 , at the Becklingen British War Cemetery, B3 / Becklingen. 29614 Soltau. Germany.
He is shown as 'SPENCER A.J.' on the Western Postal District war memorial in Mount Pleasant, London, WC1. He is also commemorated on the and on .
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.
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