Local Information:

Rifleman Spiro was born in Liverpool the son of S. and Jenny Spiro, of 36 Lushington Road, Harlesden, London. He enlisted in Westminster with his place of residence shown as Harlesden, London.

Very little is known of his movements but at some point he worked in the Westminster Bank in Hungerford, (today the NatWest Bank 119 High Street) where to this day there is a memorial on the wall.

He died on Friday 18th August 1916, age 24. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval memorial to the missing

Regimental Information:

The War Diary reads:
(Rifleman Spiro was in 'D' Company)

18th August 1916 – West of Delville Wood. Capture of Orchard Trench and portion of Wood Lane. Battalion on left of Brigade, 7 K.R.R. (Kings Royal Rifle Corps) on our right. Bombardment all day until Zero 2.45 pm when intense fire commenced for 5 minutes during when 'A' and 'D' companies crept forward to the edge of the barrage and assaulted at 2.50 am. 'A' Company captured their objective, captured 2 machine guns and consolidated. 'D' company was not as successful and reached 200 yards from Wood Lane. 'A' and 'C' companies bombed up and cleaned 35 yards of wood lane and established a bombing block.

Casualties - Officers killed 1, wounded 5; other ranks killed 62, wounded 191, 11 missing.

The cap badge of the Rifle Brigade.
(This is a confusing title for those not familiar with army titles. Each Rifle Brigade unit was in fact a battalion.)

Rifleman Spiro's name on the
Thiepval memorial to the missing