In recognition of his service to Scouting, he received the Silver Wolf and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire.

Spalding volunteered to join the Royal Navy in the early 1940s and served as a radar operator in the North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through the rest of World War II until being demobilized in 1946.

On top of this was a high level expedition involving an overnight stay in a mountain chalet allowing access to a number of Bernese Oberland peaks including the Rinderhorn and the Balmhorn above 11,000'.

Spalding's Scouting activities also included running the group's biennial jumble sale.

He was also a keen photographer, and often contributed pictures and text about scout activities to the local paper.