BORN HULL 1882. SON OF JAMES SPEECHLEY (1856-1902) AND EMILY JONES (1857-1913), OF 2 MIDDLETON STREET, HULL. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE MARRIED FLORENCE GERTRUDE MALKIN (1884-1949) AT ST JAMES CHURCH, HULL, IN 1907. THEY LIVED WITH THEIR THREE CHILDREN AT THIS ADDRESS. HE SERVED AS A MERCHANT SEAMAN. RECEIVED HIS COMPETENCE CERTIFICATE IN 1908. HE WAS CHIEF OFFICER OF THE STEAM SHIP, “DARLINGTON”. HE PASSED AWAY, IN HULL, ON 26/07/1918, AGED 35. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 31/07/1918. *
HIS DEATH IS LISTED ON THE TRINITY HOUSE WW1 MEMORIAL, BUT IS NOT RECORDED IN CWGC RECORDS.
HIS SISTER, LAVINIA SPEECHLEY, DIED OF INFLUENZA IN HULL, AGED 31. HIS BROTHER, JAMES ROBERT SPEECHLEY, HAD EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA, AND DIED IN 1924, AGED 42.
