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Captain WILLIAM MAITLAND SPEKE

Service Number: 90704
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

72 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 18 February 1942

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA

11. A. 16.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of William and Gwendolyn Constance Speke; husband of Joan Margaret Speke, of Ilminster, Somerset. His brother Hugh Speke DFC also fell.
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Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Libya
Number of casualties: 3670
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