Private William Henry Spiller Married
June 1900 in Liskeard, Cornwall to Mary Elizabeth Dunn My
grandfather was conscripted in March 1917 and "graduated" the
East Lancashire Regiment but did not serve overseas with that unit. He
and 14 other recruits of similar background (East Lancashire Regimental
numbers, age and geography) appear on a alpha-numeric list created at
30 IDB, Etaples in June 1917 where they receive new numbers and those
with surnames A-l go to 17th Battalion King's (Liverpool Regiment) and
those with surnames M-Z go to the 20th Battalion.
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