Personal Details Born: 28 February 1895 in Steel, Wem, Shropshire Family: He was the third of six children born to Joseph Speakman, an agricultural labourer, and his wife Maria. He married Doris Crewe in 1921 in Hanmer Parish Church, Flintshire, …
The memorial is outside St. John the Baptist Church, Bettisfield. There is also a plaque inside the Village Hall, Bettisfield. This is an ongoing project, information will be added to the website over the coming weeks and months. It …
The British War Medal (also known as ‘Squeak’) was a silver or bronze medal awarded to officers and men of the British and Imperial Forces who either entered a theatre of war or entered service overseas between 5th August 1914 …
Born in Lyneal, Shropshire in 1885, the third son of Maria and the late Joseph James Speakman of Northwood, Wem, Shropshire. Edwin died in the Albert Hall Military Hospital, Nottingham and was buried in the churchyard of St John the …