A VICTORIA CROSS HERO OF THE KOREAN WAR.—Lance-Corporal William Speakman, of the King’s Own Scottish Borderers, and his wife, a former member of the Women’s Royal Army Corps, whom he married in Singapore. This photograph was taken on their return to England last week in the troopship Asturias. Lance-Corporal Speakman, who has a reputation for shyness, does not want to attend the Victoria Cross centennial parade in Hyde Park on June 26. “If I go to the V.C. parade I will have to buy a civvy suit, so I don’t think I will bother,” he said.
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Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27986, 5 June 1956, Page 11
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96A VICTORIA CROSS HERO OF THE KOREAN WAR.—Lance-Corporal William Speakman, of the King’s Own Scottish Borderers, and his wife, a former member of the Women’s Royal Army Corps, whom he married in Singapore. This photograph was taken on their return to England last week in the troopship Asturias. Lance-Corporal Speakman, who has a reputation for shyness, does not want to attend the Victoria Cross centennial parade in Hyde Park on June 26. “If I go to the V.C. parade I will have to buy a civvy suit, so I don’t think I will bother,” he said. Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27986, 5 June 1956, Page 11
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