SPEECHLEY, William

Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
7 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Green Howards
Service: 
Army
Number: 
5830134
P.O.W. number: 
33687
Private William Speechley, No.7 Commando, was reported missing 20 April 1941 during operations at Cyrenaica.  Later found to have been captured and later transported to Stalag 344. Had earlier served in No.4 Commando. Post war member of the Commando Association residing Cambridgeshire.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/26 and WO417/95.
Prisoners of War Lists / National Archives file WO392/11.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 115 issued Sept 2002.
 

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