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• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Stourbridge
• Land Worcestershire, England
• Last residence Eardisland, Leominster
• Family Son of Edwin and Louisa Speke, of Easthampton, Shobdon, Kingsland, Herefordshire

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 15 March 1917, Hereford
• Service number 70386
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 1st Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
• Attached or transferred from Welsh
• Other data related to military career Formerly n°63171, 2/1 Pembrokeshire Yeomanry.; to France 12 October 1917

Death

• Wounded 26 October, Gheluvelt
• Type of wounds Died of shrapnel wound, complex skull fracture, in n° 17 CCS
• Died at the age of 20
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXI - DD - 21A

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