Service Details
Name:
 SPEKE
Given Name:
 WILLIAM MAITLAND
Initials:
 W M
Service No:
 90704
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 Royal Artillery
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Unit:
 72 Field Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1942-02-18
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Date of Birth:
 1907-04-14
Age:
 34
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in Libya
Decorations:
 M C
Additional
Information:
Son of William and Gwendolyn Constance Speke; husband of Joan Margaret Speke, of Ilminster, Somerset. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. At College 1921-22, was in business at Newcastle-on-Tyne in a firm of stockbrokers. Saw service in France and won MC at Dunkirk. Born 14/04/1907.
Commemoration
Country:
 Libya
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Cemetery:
 KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
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Grave Reference:
 11. A. 16.

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