Records of Robert Spall on Ancestry

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Robert Spall and the Spall Genealogy

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Some Famous People called Robert Spall

Robert Spall

Robert Spall (5 March 1890 – 13 August 1918), was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Robert Spall was born in Acton, London, England on March 5, 1890. He enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in July 1915.

Spall was 28 years old, and a sergeant in Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War, and was awarded the VC for his actions on 13 August 1918 near Parvillers-le-Quesnoy, France.

His citation reads:

Sergeant Spall's final resting place was lost and as such he is commemorated on the Canadian National Vimy Memorial with the over 11,000 other Canadian dead of the war killed in France but whose remains were lost or never recovered.

His name is also specially commemorated on the War Memorial in the grounds of Brentford (Middlesex) Library.

His Victoria Cross is displayed at the PPCLI Museum at The Military Museums in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

He is also commemorated in Acton, London, England with a plaque outside the house he was born at 16 Spencer Road.

Source: Robert Spall, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Spall

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