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Sgt. Randolph Churchill Spencer MID
British Army 1st Battalion Scots Guards/Tank Corps

My grandfather Randolph Spencer was born 11.4.1894 in Auchenflower, Queensland. His parents had emigrated in 1883. He came to the UK and joined the Scots Guards. He saw action at Ypres, Festubert and Loos. He was made up to Acting Sgt 22.6.1915 1st Battalion Scots Guards (London Gazette). He married at the Parish Church, Willesden having met my grandmother (I believe she was a nurse during WW1) on 10.6.1916. A photo shows him centre with a couple of his men at his wedding. He was Mentioned in Dispatches a couple of times having rescued his men whilst wounded. His first son Paul was born in December 1917 in Wareham (I assume as he was now part of the Tank Corps his wife was living near Wareham where they were training men). He was commissioned after the war but retired 28.10.1921.

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