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Derby [3]

Kensington, London [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Plenty Tasmania [2]

Runcorn, Cheshire [2]

Surrey [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Trumpington, Cambridgeshire [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

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Moe Victoria [1]

New Norfolk Tasmania [1]

Newlyn Victoria [1]

North Petherton, Somerset [1]

Nottinghamshire [1]

Ongar, Essex [1]

Peckham, London [1]

Peckham, Surrey [1]

Pontyclun, Glamorgan [1]

Rank

Private [291]

Gunner [30]

Sapper [28]

Corporal [27]

Driver [25]

Serjeant [14]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Lieutenant [11]

Lance Corporal [8]

Pioneer [8]

Captain [7]

Acting Corporal [6]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Bombardier [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Boatswain [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Horse Keeper [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Major [1]

Nurse [1]

Section Commander [1]

Section Commander and Adjutant [1]

Serjeant Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Superintending Clerk [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Temporary Quarter Master [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [49]

Royal Field Artillery [32]

Army Service Corps [30]

Labour Corps [29]

Machine Gun Corps [20]

Royal Garrison Artillery [13]

Somerset Light Infantry [13]

South Staffordshire Regiment [13]

Cheshire Regiment [12]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12]

Liverpool Regiment [11]

London Regiment [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Royal Highlanders [11]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

Lincolnshire Regiment [9]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

York and Lancaster Regiment [7]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [6]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [6]

Manchester Regiment [6]

North Staffordshire Regiment [6]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [6]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5]

Essex Regiment [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

South Lancashire Regiment [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Border Regiment [4]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [4]

Gordon Highlanders [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Seaforth Highlanders [4]

Shropshire Light Infantry [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

Service

British Army [434]

Royal Navy [38]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [36]

Australian Imperial Force [22]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [21]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [551]

F [6]

Contribution

Military Service [551]

Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Derby [3] Kensington, London [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Plenty Tasmania [2] Runcorn, Cheshire [2] Surrey [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Trumpington, Cambridgeshire [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bridgewater, Somerset [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1] Broomfield, Somerset [1] Chester, Cheshire, England [1] Chesterton, Cambridge [1] Colac Victoria [1] Cowdenbeath, Fife [1] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Durham [1] East Cowes, Hampshire, England [1] Edinburgh Scotland [1] Finsbury, London [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Glenpark Victoria [1] Hampstead, London [1] High Beech Loughton, Essex [1] Hobart Tasmania [1] Ilkeston, Derbyshire [1] Kinross [1] Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [1] Lambeth, London [1] Leith Edinburgh [1] Leslie, Fife [1] Letham, Fife [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] London, Middlesex [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Middlesborough, Yorkshire [1] Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1] Moe Victoria [1] New Norfolk Tasmania [1] Newlyn Victoria [1] North Petherton, Somerset [1] Nottinghamshire [1] Ongar, Essex [1] Peckham, London [1] Peckham, Surrey [1] Pontyclun, Glamorgan [1]

Rank

Private [291] Gunner [30] Sapper [28] Corporal [27] Driver [25] Serjeant [14] Second Lieutenant [13] Lieutenant [11] Lance Corporal [8] Pioneer [8] Captain [7] Acting Corporal [6] Acting Serjeant [3] Bombardier [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Boatswain [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Bugler [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Horse Keeper [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Major [1] Nurse [1] Section Commander [1] Section Commander and Adjutant [1] Serjeant Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Superintending Clerk [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Major [1] Temporary Quarter Master [1] Transport Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [49] Royal Field Artillery [32] Army Service Corps [30] Labour Corps [29] Machine Gun Corps [20] Royal Garrison Artillery [13] Somerset Light Infantry [13] South Staffordshire Regiment [13] Cheshire Regiment [12] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12] Liverpool Regiment [11] London Regiment [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Royal Highlanders [11] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] Lincolnshire Regiment [9] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9] Durham Light Infantry [8] York and Lancaster Regiment [7] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [6] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [6] Manchester Regiment [6] North Staffordshire Regiment [6] Yorkshire Light Infantry [6] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5] Essex Regiment [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] Leicestershire Regiment [5] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] South Lancashire Regiment [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] Welsh Regiment [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Border Regiment [4] Cambridgeshire Regiment [4] Gordon Highlanders [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Air Force [4] Seaforth Highlanders [4] Shropshire Light Infantry [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

Service

British Army [434] Royal Navy [38] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [36] Australian Imperial Force [22] Canadian Expeditionary Force [21] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [551] F [6]

Contribution

Military Service [551] Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [10] Ireland [1]

Alfred Francis Speed

Born 1888

Died 1964

British Army 327901 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment Road Construction Unit

British Army 523913 Pioneer Royal Engineers 317 Road Construction Company

British Army 6245 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment 3/1st Battalion

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Harry Hignell Speed

Born 1870

Died 1919

Royal Navy 10004 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 10004 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 4025 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery

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Charles Speed

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 13781 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 13781 Lance Corporal Suffolk Regiment

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Sydney Ewbank Speed

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 1968 Private London Regiment

British Army 1968 Corporal London Regiment

British Army 1968 Corporal London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) 1st/18th Bn

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Eric Bourne Bentinck Speed

Born 1895

Died 1971

British Army Temporary Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Temporary Captain New Armies

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Stuart George Speed

Born 1899

Died 1976

British Army 204836 Private Liverpool Regiment

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William Speed

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 12635 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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William Allan Speed

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 290168 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 1717 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 1717 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Percy James Speed

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 78502

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Henry Stanley Speed

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47759

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Louis Speed

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 99076

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John Speed

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 130899

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Alexander Clark Speed

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 15520

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George Speed

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 43467

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Herbert Speed

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196235

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David Kirk Speed

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196880

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John Speed

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 149703 Royal Field Artillery

British Army 32846 Serjeant York and Lancaster Regiment 6th Battalion

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Albert John Speed

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 130192 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 130192 Gunner 22nd RFA 105th Battery

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Charles Speed

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 297381

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S Speed

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 146183

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