Researching Victor Spencer
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 27341 people with the Spencer surname? In that year Spencer was ranked number 116 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Victor means "conqueror" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Victor Spencer on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Victor Spencer and the Spencer Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 33799 people with the Spencer surname in the UK? Spencer is now ranked number 137 for popularity in the UK. |
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| Did you know that there are currently 173180 people with the Spencer surname in the USA? Spencer is ranked number 100 for popularity in the USA. |
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Victor Spencer
Victor Manson Spencer (1 November 1896 – 24 February 1918) was a volunteer from Invercargill, New Zealand who fought in the Otago Infantry Regiment of the New Zealand Division in World War I. Spencer was executed for desertion on 24 February 1918, despite later suggestions that he was severely traumatised by shellshock, having fought and survived several campaigns.
New Zealand soldiers were subject to New Zealand military law which, like all nations involved in the conflict, had the death penalty for a number of crimes, including desertion. Out of the 28 death penalties handed down by the New Zealand military. only four were carried out, the rest being quashed by the British commanders of the armies involved. (In addition, New Zealand Private Jack Braithwaite was executed by the British for mutiny.) By contrast, death penalties imposed on Australian soldiers had to be confirmed by the Governor-General, which the Australian government did not allow, although Australians were hanged at Shepton Mallet prison for civil crimes.
Spencer was formally pardoned, along with Braithwaite and the three others, under the provisions of the Pardon for Soldiers of the Great War Act 2000, which was passed by the New Zealand Parliament in a departure from custom, since pardons are normally granted by the Crown and are rarely posthumous. The grounds for the pardon was that the execution was not a fate that Spencer deserved, but was one that resulted from (a) the harsh discipline that was believed at the time to be required; and (b) the application of the death penalty for military offences being seen at that time as an essential part of maintaining military discipline.
Section 8 of the Pardon for Soldiers of the Great War Act reads thus:
Spencer was included in the mass pardon of 306 British Empire soldiers executed for certain offences during the Great War enacted in section 359 of the UK Parliament's Armed Forces Act 2006, and which came into effect by Royal Assent on 8 November 2006.
He is buried in The Huts Cemetery, Dikkebus, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
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