removing first words from a string

merryperson

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I have a column with usually numeric digits and then a name of a person.
I.e C11883 Dave Smith
C11 Dave Jones
D11111 William Brian Johnson

I wish to create a new column removing the first word to give the results
Dave Smith
Dave Jones
William Brian Johnson
I have used the MiD function but the length of the first wod varies and so it doesnt wok
HELP please
 

Excel Facts

Wildcard in VLOOKUP
Use =VLOOKUP("Apple*" to find apple, Apple, or applesauce
is the first space always before the first word

=MID(A1,SEARCH(" ",A1,1)+1,LEN(A1))
 
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