Harold Cuthbert Spicer

   FamilySearch ID: LLWP-BLG.

  General Notes:

Military: Enlisted in the US Army April 24, 1917 as a Private 1st Class. Promoted Corporal March 6, 1919. Fought in eight major battles. Returned to the US August 6, 1919

From a yearbook of Blue Earth County of WW1 Veterans that Dorothy Spicer sent: ' Corporal Harold Cuthbert Spicer, Mankato; Enlisted April 24, 1917 at Jefferson Barracks, MO in the Coast Artillery; assigned to 7th Co., C.A.C. at Fort Monroe, VA; served as White House Guard, Washington, DC; Desirous of foreign service, he was transferrred to Bat. E., 12th F.A., 2nd Div.; overseas: active service, Verdun, Toul-Troyon Sector; Chateau Thierry; Soissons Counter offensive; Marbache Sector, St. Mihiel, Champagne Advance, Argonne-Meuse Offensive; later stationed with the Army of Occupation.

  Events

• Education. High School

• residence: 113 Beach St, 1905, Mankato, Blue Earth Co., MN. ³

• residence: 313 Carroll, 1910, Mankato, Blue Earth Co., MN. ⁴

• Occupation: grocery clerk Draper and Pettersen, 1914, Mankato, Blue Earth Co., MN. ⁵ Grocers

• Military: Embarked for Europe, 11 Jan 1918, Hoboken, NJ. ⁶ 12th Field Artillery, Battery E

• Military: Battle of Chateau Thierry, Verdun Toul-Troyon Sector, 12 Mar 1918, France. ⁷

• Military: Scissions Sector Marne Counter Offensive, 18 Jul 1918, France. ⁷

• Military: Marbache Sector, 9 Aug 1918, France. ⁷ 1918 August 9th to August 24th

• Military: St. Mehiel, 9 Sep 1918, France. ⁷ Sept. 9th to Sept 16th 1918

• Military: Blanc Mont. Sector. Champaign Advance, 30 Sep 1918, France. ⁷ September 30 to Oct 9th 1918

• Military: Argonne, Meuse Offensive, 30 Oct 1918, France. ⁷ October 30 to November 11th 1918

• Military: Army of Occupation, 1 Dec 1918, France. ⁷

• Census: 1101 Norfolk Ave, 1940, Norfolk, Madison, Nebraska. ⁸ travelling Dry Goods Salesman

• Military: Promoted to Corporal, 6 Mar 1919.

• Census: Apt. 304 Norfolk Avenue, 1930, Norfolk, Madison, Nebraska. ⁹

• residence, 1980, Arvada, Jefferson Co., Colorado. ¹⁰ Last residence on SSDI

Harold married Anna Helen Collins, daughter of Charles C. Collins and Demas Speer, 11 Nov 1921 in Pierce, NE.¹ (Anna Helen Collins was born 6 Sep 1899 in Oklahoma ¹¹, christened 25 Dec 1923 in Norfolk, Madison, Nebraska, died 9 Jun 1972 in Phoenix, AZ and was buried 13 Jun 1972 in Denver, Denver Co., Colorado ¹².)

• residence: 409 S. Fourth St, 1921, Norfolk, Madison, Nebraska. ¹³