In Memory Of

SPEKE, WILLIAM MAITLAND

Service Details
Age:
 34
Date of Birth:
 1907-04-14
Service No:
 90704
Rank:
 Captain
Unit:
 72 Field Regt.
Regiment:
 Royal Artillery
Date of Death:
 1942-02-18
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in Libya
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 11. A. 16.
Cemetery:
 KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Country:
 Libya
Additional Information
Decorations:
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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.