H.H. Speedie
Epithet: First World War driver
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Driver. 'No. 080592. Driver. A.S.C./M.T. (Army Service Corp/Motor Transport). Policeman. native of St Marks. Lodged as above Left about end of May. Reported July 2. Dec. 14 283 Co. (Company). 19 Siege Artillery Brigade. R.G.A. (Royal Garrison Artillery). B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). Nov. 1916, L-Corp (Lieutenant-Corporal). 102 Siege Battery A.S.A. Group. 19 Heavy Artillery B.E.F. Nov. 1917 as before. Nov. 1918, L-Corp as before.' (Extract from handwritten notes by The Reverend Robert Daniel Kermode, Vicar of St George's Church, Douglas, about men from his parish serving in the First World War. MS 10003/13)
External sources: 23 Bucks Road