18 Aug 2023
Wife: Lydia Bourne Fish
Born: 25 Dec 1893 1 Resided: 1939 in Lancashire 1 Resided: 1959 - 1960 at 18 Apple Court, Newton Road, Trumpington 2 Died: 1961 in Cambridge 3 (see note 1) Buried: in Trumpington Father: Mother:
Husband: Ernest Vernon Speakman Married: 1918 in Caernarvonshire 4 (see note 2)
Born: 24 Mar 1894 in Lancashire 4,1 (see note 3) Census: 1901 in Lancashire (see note 4) Resided: 1939 in Lancashire 1 Occupation: 1939 Colliery Director, Assistant to Coal Supplies Officer for Lancashire 1 Resided: 1959 - 1960 at 18 Apple Court, Newton Road, Trumpington 2 Resided: 1961 - 1963 at 3 Apple Court, Newton Road, Trumpington 2 Died: 1964 in Cambridge 4 (see note 5) Buried: in Trumpington Father: Mother:
M Child 1: Eric Vernon Speakman Born: 1919 in Caernarvonshire 4 (see note 6) Died: 20 Aug 1944 on HMS Hunter, Mediterranean Sea 5 (see note 7) Wife: Paulette Ray Smith Married: 1941 in Manchester 4 (see note 8)
Sources: (1) 1939 Register. (2) Electoral Register. (3) Index on ancestry.co.uk. (4) FreeBMD website. (5) Commonwealth War Graves Commission website.
Event Notes Note (1) Sep 1961 Cambridge 4a 167 age 68 Note (2) Mar 1918 Conway 11b 590 Note (3) Jun 1894 Leigh 8c 281 Note (4) Age 7, born Lancashire, with family Note (5) Jun 1964 Cambridge 4a 225 age 70 Note (6) Mar 1919 Conway 11b 613 mothers surname Fish Note (7) SPEAKMAN, ERIC VERNON Rank: Lieutenant Date of Death: 20/08/1944 Age: 25 Regiment/Service: Royal Navy H.M.S. Hunter Awards: Mentioned in Despatches Panel Reference: Bay 5, Panel 1. Memorial: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL Additional Information: Son of Ernest Vernon Speakman and Lydia Bourne Speakman, of Culcheth, Lancashire; husband of Paulette Ray Speakman Note (8) Dec 1941 Manchester 8d 350 Copyright © Trumpington Local History Group 2023 Email TLHG Return to TLHG introduction page Name Index