Duncan Stephen Spence

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

452512

Unit at enlistment:

58th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Commemorated at:

Zion Presbyterian Church

Birth country:

Scotland

Birth county:

Aberdeenshire

Birth city:

Ballater

Address at enlistment:

247 Greenwich Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

Ballater, Aberdeenshire

Trade or calling:

Labourer

Religious denominations:

Presbyterian

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Wounded

BX April 7, 1917

Returned Soldiers

In all probability the following men will leave Toronto for Brantford on Sunday next, April 8 by the 6 o'clock Grand Trunk train. Privates F.C. Roberts, 117 Grey Street; D.C. Burrows, Gordon Street; and D.S. Spence, 247 Greenwich Street.

BX April 7, 1917

Leg Shot Off Above Ankle

To have one of his legs shot off above the ankle by a shell in the battle of the Somme was the experience of Private Duncan Stephen Spence, who returned to the city on Thursday evening last. Although the Soldiers’ Aid Commission only received notice of his return an hour before the train was due to arrive, a small deputation was on hand to receive him. He was taken to the home of his brother at 247 Greenwich Street. His brother is also overseas. Pte. Duncan Spence will spend a few days here before going to the hospital at Whitby to be fitted with a leg. His leg was shot off just above the ankle and later on it had to be amputated half way between the knee and the ankle.