Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (3) (1013 S.Q.M. Sjt: (A.S.S. Mjr:) A. Jones A.P.C.; 7657159 W.O. Cl. II. W. H. Rollitt. R.A.P.C.; 794 S.Q.M. Sjt: W. Spence. A.P.C.) very fine and better (3) £100-£140

William Spence was born at Kirkwall, Orkney, on 13 May 1877. He initially served with the 1st Orkney Volunteer Artillery before attesting at Fort George for the Seaforth Highlanders on 6 October 1896. Posted to Dover, Fort George, Ballater and Aberdeen, he transferred to the Army Pay Corps 11 September 1899 and was awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal under Army Order 377 of 1915. Appointed to a commission in the Army Pay Corps 22 May 1917, he was raised Major 22 May 1932 and retired upon reaching the age limit in 1937; Spence died at the Balfour Hospital in Kirkwall on 11 June 1970.

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