Source: April 1915 Nominal Roll.
Family Search: When Company Sergeant Major Albert Spearing was born on 15 September 1883, in Aston, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Orlando Spearing, was 28 and his mother, Sarah Pratley, was 27. He had at least 1 daughter with Minnie Elizabeth Howard. He immigrated to Canada in 1908 and lived in Elgin, Ontario, Canada in 1911 and Dutton, Elgin, Ontario, Canada in 1914. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 31, his occupation is listed as labourer in Dutton, Elgin, Ontario, Canada. He died on 3 August 1953, in Amherstburg, Essex, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 69, and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Amherstburg, Essex, Ontario, Canada.
Distinguished Conduct Medal with Bar due to action in China. Not confirmed at London Gazette.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 