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Speedy WestTristram Speedy Tristram Speedy British explorer Tristram Charles Sawyer Speedy (also known as Captain Speedy; November 1836 – 9 August 1910) was a well-known English explorer and adventurer during the Victorian era. Quick facts Born, Died ... Tristram Speedy Tristram Speedy (left) with Prince Alemayehu in 1868. Born Tristram Charles Sawyer Speedy 1836 (1836) Meerut, British India Died 9 August 1910(1910-08-09) (aged 73) Church Stretton, Shropshire, England Other names Captain Speedy Known for Guardian of Prince Alemayehu, role in the 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia Awards Indian Mutiny Medal Punjab Medal Eufoszai Medal New Zealand War Medal Abyssinian War Medal Close Life Speedy was born in Meerut, India, a son of James Havelock Speedy, an army officer (a lieutenant in the… (Source: Wikipedia)
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