Speechly, Thomas Martindale (Second Lieutenant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1918-February-08

Second Lieutenant Thomas Martindale Speechly RFC

Birth Date: 1897-February-17

Born:

Parents: Tom Burge Speechly & Jessie Perkin

Spouse: unmarried

Home: Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RFC

Unit

103 (OT) TS- Training Squadron (RFC)

Base

Old Sarum England

Rank

Second Lieutenant

Position

pilot-trainee

Service Numbers

107545

Final Burial
Google MapLondon Road Cemetery
L 726
1918-02-08: Speechly died in FK8, B-1497; 'S' turned, while flying in formation, and collided with 2Lt Marshall in AW 3348 losing tail and falling out of control to the ground. His observer-gunner, 90699 AM2 Walter Greenhalgh (British) was also killed in the crash. Marshall returned to the aerodrome.

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