SPEIGHT, James Robert
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Known as:
Jim
Rank:
Lance Corporal (Corporal)
Unit / Base:
6 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Armoured Corps
West Yorkshire Regiment, 7th (Leeds Rifles) Battalion
Service:
Army
Number:
4537686
P.O.W. number:
226386
P.O.W. camps:
James Robert Speight from Leeds was reported as missing on 26 February 1943 during operations in North Africa (Battle for Steamroller Farm). Later found to be a prisoner of war. On 13 April 1945 he escaped from a working party and reached allied lines. He was a member of the No.6 Commando Boxing Team and post war member of the Commando Association.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/60 and WO417/93.
Prisoners of War / National Archive files WO392/1.
Report in the Yorkshire Post 3rd May 1945.
Forum message titled Cpl. James Robert (Jim) Speight.
CVA Gallery image of the 6 Cdo Boxing team 1942.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 56 issued March 1973.
[Image] His son Robert Speight.
Notes
Rank of Lance Corporal shown in all PoW and Casualty Record entries. CA Newsletter shows Corporal.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
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