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Local Heroes - Your streets were their streets Local Heroes - Your streets were their streets

The names of 197 local men who lost their lives in World War I are
inscribed on the bells of the Memorial Community Church in Plaistow. They are our local heroes

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Robert Spencer White

Private
Royal West Surrey
Born
Canning Town - 1898
Died
France and Flanders - 19 Augst 1915
Age
17
Death
Killed in action
Served in
Royal West Surrey
Awards
Unknown
Memorials
Unknown
Lived
166 Star Lane, Plaistow, London

Robert Spencer's story

Service Number
6355
Mother
Sarah
Father
Robert Spencer
Spouse
Unknown
Buried
Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, France
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