SPEECHLEY, William
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
7 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Green Howards
Service:
Army
Service Number:
5830134
P.O.W. number:
33687
P.O.W. camps:
William Speechley, a Labourer from Cambridgeshire, enlisted into the Armed Forces in August 1939 and volunteered for the commandos after their formation. Initially served with No.4 Commando. Private Speechley, No.7 Commando attached 'A' Bn., Layforce, was reported missing 20 April 1941, later confirmed prisoner of war, during an operation at Bardia, Cyrenaica, Libya. Post war member of the Commando Association residing Cambridgeshire.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/26 and WO417/95.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/26 and WO417/95.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/298/2.
Prisoners of War Lists / National Archives file WO392/11.
Prisoners of War Lists / National Archives file WO392/11.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 115 issued Sept 2002.
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