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255623 Lt. Alfred Henry Templeman Lorraine Speer Royal Flying Corps 11 Squadron from:Malvern (d.9th July 1916) Harry Speer was my mother's great uncle, born in 1897. He was the eldest son of Doctor (of Music) Speer, and educated at Malvern College, and went up to Trinity College in Cambridge. At the outbreak of war, he enlisted from Cambridge into the Public Schools Battalion, and from there was commissioned into the Royal Artillery. He had some western front service, and volunteered for the RFC. After training in England he was posted to 11 Squadron RFC in late 1915 or early 1916. He flew with the Squadron on the Western Front, flying FE2b planes. He was shot down on 9th of July 1916, apparently by six Fokkers, and along with his Observer, is buried in London Cemetery behind the Somme Battlelines. He has his name on three memorials in the UK, at Malvern College, as an old boy, at Trinity College in Cambridge as a student, and in a church in south London. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put the first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**