Eric Speed
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Sir Eric Bourne Bentinck Speed, KCB, KBE, MC (26 January 1895 – 28 June 1971) was a British civil servant. He was Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War, jointly with Sir Frederick Bovenschen from 1942 to 1945, and then until 1948.
References
- https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-159782
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