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Surname: SPEIGHT
Forename(s): Ernest
Place of Birth: Holbeck (Leeds), Yorkshire
Service No: J/73844
Rank: Ordinary Seaman
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Navy
Battalion / Unit: H.M. Trawler 'Gambri'
Division: ---
Age: 24
Date of Death: 1918-01-18
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: 29.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: CONONLEY, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Ernest Speight (born 23 December 1893) was the son of Samuel and Susannah Stead Speight, née Clark. Samuel was born at Bowling, Bradford and Susannah at Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire. In 1891 Samuel and Susannah were living at 16, Mackenzie Street, Holbeck; Susannah's mother, Jane Clark, was living with them.
1901 Bramley, Leeds, Yorkshire Census: Bramley Union Workhouse - Ernest Speight, aged 8 years, born Holbeck, Leeds. [Ernest's mother, Susannah was also an inmate along with another son, Samuel, aged 10 years.]
Ernest was married to Matilda Berry in 1915.
Ernest is commemorated on the Midland Railway War Memorial at Derby.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
SPEIGHT, Seaman Ernest, Aire View, [Cononley], drowned at sea Jan. 18, 1918.
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Ordinary Seaman Ernest SPEIGHT
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Navy
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Marriage Register of Bolton, St James, Bradford, Yorkshire
Entry for the marriage of Ernest Speight to Matilda Berry, 29 May 1915
Courtesy of West Yorkshire Archive Service
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25 January 1918
CONONLEY – LOST ON A MINE-SWEEPER
A letter has been received by Mrs. Speight, stating that Seaman Ernest Speight lost his life at sea on January 18th. The letter states that the mine-sweeper, to which he was attached, struck a mine and all hands were lost. The case is particularly sad, as in his last letter to his wife at Christmas he said he hoped to have a leave after his return from a mine-sweeping cruise on which he was about to set out. Seaman Speight, up to the time of joining the Navy about last May, was employed as a porter at the Cononley Railway Station, and resided in Aire View.
01 February 1918
CONONLEY MINE SWEEPER LOST
We reproduce a photograph of Seaman Ernest Speight, of Cononley, whose death on a mine sweeper, which was destroyed on January 18th, was reported in our last issue. The deceased hero was formerly employed at Cononley Railway Station as a porter, and we tender our sincere sympathy to his wife.
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25 January 1918
SPEIGHT – Drowned at sea, Jan. 18th, Seaman Ernest Speight, husband of Mrs. Speight, of Aire View, Cononley.
25 January 1918
CONONLEY
WAR CASUALTY – A letter has been received from Mrs. Speight by a friend of Seaman Ernest Speight, to say that he lost his life at sea on Jan. 18th. The letter states that the minesweeper to which he was attached struck a mine and all hands were lost. The case is particularly sad, as in his last letter to this wife at Christmas be said he hoped to have a leave after his return from a minesweeping cruise on which he was about to set out. Seaman Speight, up to the time of joining the navy about last May, was employed as a porter at the Cononlev railway station, and resided in Aire View, Cononley.
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