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Robert Henry Speed[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 1916 - 1997  (80 years)

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  • Name Robert Henry Speed  [1, 2, 3, 4]
    Residence 1915  [1] 
    • Other Records: Child
    Birth 31 Dec 1916  141, Radcliffe Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4] 
    Gender Male
    Death Aug 1997  North east Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I322186350031  Hurst Improbable Family Tree
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2026

    Father Henry Speed,   b. Abt. 1882
    Mother Alice Bignell,   b. 1887, Alresford, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage 16 Jul 1916  Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5] 
    Family ID F265  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mildred A Silvester
    Marriage Apr 1939  Louth, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Family ID F989  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2026

  • Sources 
    1. [S_2084507574] Ancestry.com, British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.Original data - The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO). War Office: Soldiers’ Documents, First World War ‘Burnt Documents’ (Microfilm Copies); (The National A).

    2. [S_2081219493] Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Contro), General Register Office; United Kingdom.

    3. [S_2081229561] Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Contr), General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 7a; Page: 1793.

    4. [S_2080809694] Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916-2005, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Contro), General Register Office; United Kingdom; Reference: Volume 2c, Page 4.

    5. [S_2081229561] Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Contr), General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 2c; Page: 118.


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