“Battalion relieved the 5th Sherwood Foresters in RIGHT SECTOR at Bellacourt”.

4511 Pte Robert Spencer, a 20 year old ironmonger from Ashbourne, was wounded during the trench relief by a machine gun bullet in the abdomen. He died of his wounds the following day at the 43 CCS and is buried at WARLINCOURT HALTE BRITISH CEMETERY in Saulty.

Robert had enlisted on 18th August 1915 and arrived in France with the 7th Reinforcement on 19th March 1916.