John SPEAK

Main CPGW Record

Surname: SPEAK

Forename(s): John

Place of Birth: Barnoldswick, Yorkshire

Service No: 57696

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Manchester Regiment

Battalion / Unit: 12th (Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry) Battalion

Division: 17th (Northern) Division

Age: 38

Date of Death: 1918-11-04

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: A. 26.

CWGC Cemetery: ENGLEFONTAINE BRITISH CEMETERY

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)

Additional Information:

John Speak was the son of John and Ruth Speak, formerly Starkie, née Uttley. John, senior, was born at Colden near Heptonstall, Yorkshire and Ruth at Walsden, Lancashire.

1881 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: Hill Street - John Speak, aged 10 months, born Todmorden [sic], Yorkshire, son of John and Ruth Speak.

1891 Nelson, Lancashire Census: 56, Victoria Street - John Speak, aged 10 years, born Barnoldswick, Yorkshire, son of John and Ruth Speak.

1901 Nelson, Lancashire Census: 46, Brunswick Street - John Speak, aged 20 years, born Barnoldswick, Yorkshire, son of John and Ruth Speak.

John was married to Hannah Maria Edington in 1908. Hannah died in 1913 and John married Eliza Harrison in 1914.

1911 Nelson, Lancashire Census: 107, Bankhouse Road - John Speak, aged 30 years, born Barnoldswick, Yorkshire, husband of Hannah Speak. [John and Hannah were living with her parents, Thomas and Grace Edington.]

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte John Speak, 57696, Manchester Regiment.

On the 24 September 1917, the 12th (Service) Bn Manchester Regiment absorbed the R.H.Q. and 2 squadrons of the 1/1st Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry. It then became the 12th (Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry) Bn Manchester Regiment.

Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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