Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Walter and Mary A. Spice. The 1901 census records for 7, Eglington Road, Woolwich, London. Walter Spice, head of the family and a Crane Driver, born 1855 in Woolwich, London and his wife Mary A., born 1856 in Woolwich, London also Walter, son, single and an Examiner at the Royal Arsenal, born 1884, Henry, son, single and a Van Boy, born 1886, Rosa, daughter, born 1888, Alfred, son, born 1890, James, son, born 1892, Edward, son, born 1896 and Rebecca, daughter, born 1899. All seven children were born in Woolwich, London. The 1911 census records for 53, Caxton Street, Market Harborough, Leics. Henry Jeffery, head of the family and married for 3 years, a General Labourer, born 1879 in Tooting, London and his wife Ellenor, born 1879 in Woolwich, also Edward Jeffery,a step son and a Schoolboy, born 1900 in Woolwich, London, James Spice, brother, single and an Out of Work Machinist, born 1893 in Woolwich, London and Harry Davies, boarder, single and a Wood Working Machinist, born 1889 in Brough, London.