Son of Ellen Speight, of 43, Rigby Street, Preston, Lancashire. Worked for the London and North Western Railway Company as a Parcel Porter.
Speight, John –
Personal details
- Surname: Speight
- Forename: John
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Preston, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Not known
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: Not known
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: November 30th, 1917
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Private
- Unit: 5th (Territorial) Battalion.
- Service number: 36916
- Regiment: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
- Enlistment date: December 6th, 1915 - 1915-12-06
- Enlistment location: Preston, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: V / BW
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Loyal North Lancashire Regiment - 5th Battalion (Territorials) Memorial (Queen's Park) - Bolton
- CWGC Memorial: Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France
- CWGC reference: Panel 8.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 01/08/1930
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 13f