South Yorkshire Times, September 30th 1944
Seaman Killed
Mr. and Mrs. W. Speight, 53, Brookfield Avenue, Swinton, were this week informed officially that their son A.B. William Speight (19) was killed on August 27th. He had previously been reported missing.
A.B. Speight served in a mine sweeper which helped to clear minefields off the French coast for the D-Day landings and had returned to duty after eight weeks furlough only a week before he was killed.
He volunteered for duty with the Royal Navy before his eighteenth birthday.
His brother Charles is serving with the Army in Italy.
From W.R.G.C.
Able Seaman WILLIAM SPEIGHT
Service Number: D/JX 565496
Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Navy H.M.S. Hussar
Date of Death Died 27 August 1944
Age 26 years old
Buried or commemorated at PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL Panel 87, Column 2.
Additional Info
Son of William and Florence Speight, of Swinton, Yorkshire.