James Calvert Spence

Sir James Calvert Spence, & Bar (19 March 1892 – 26 May 1954) was an English paediatrician who was a pioneer in the field of social paediatrics. He was a founding member of the British Paediatric Association. Early life Spence was born in Amble, Northumberland on 19 March 1892, the fourth son and seventh child of Isabella Turnbull and her husband, David Magnus Spence, an architect. After being educated at Elmfield College, York, he attended the Durham College of Medicine in Newcastle upon Tyne. World War I service Spence went into the Royal Army Medical Corps. He served in the Gallipoli campaign, Egypt, and the Western Front. Captain Spence received the Military Cross (MC) for "conspicuous gallantry" and "devotion to duty" in attending wounded while under fire. Later, then Acting Major Spence received a bar to his MC for his actions at Oisy-le-Verger from 28 September to 2 October 1918.