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BORN 18 March 1891
DIED 3 May 1977 AGE 86
VC Won 1-2 November 1914 AGE 23
Place VC Won Near Le Gheer, Belgium
War/Campaign First World War 1914
Name Spencer John Bent No. 8581
VC Issue No. 552 Awards VC MM
Regiment East Lancashire Regiment, 1st Battalion
Later Queens Lancashire Regiment
Now Duke of Lancaster Regiment
Rank VC Won Drummer
Rank End Of Career Regimental Sergeant-Major
Place Of Birth The Pickerel Inn, Station Yard, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England
Place Of Death At his home, Hackney, London, England
Buried/Location Ashes West Norwood Crematorium, Norwood Road, London, England
Cremated West Norwood Crematorium, Norwood Road, London, England
Date Buried/Cremated 5 May 1977
Headstone Plaque Plot/Grave no. Garden of Remembrance, Rosebed 41
Gazetted 9 December 1914
VC Presented 13 January 1915 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Memorial plaque on wall, West Norwood Crematorium, South London
Entry in Book of Remembrance, West Norwood Crematorium, Norwood Road, South London
P Plaque on former home, The Pickeral pub, Stowmarket, Suffolk
P Named on Regimental Victoria Cross plaque, Blackburn Cathedral, Lancashire
Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, Market Place, Stowmarket, Suffolk
By The Way…
He was part of the Guard of Honour at the burial of the Unknown Warrior, Westminster Abbey, November 1920
VC Held By
The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M
