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Private ERNEST SPEECHLEY

Service Number: 10509
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lincolnshire Regiment

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 September 1916

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY

I. A. 13.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Speechley; husband of Jane Elizabeth Speechley, of 1, Doughty's Court, March St., Yorks. Born at Grantham.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3563
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