Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39418/supplement/6731. No. 14471590 Private William Speakman, The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), attached 1st Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers. On 4th November 1951 in Korea, when the section holding the left shoulder of the company's position had been seriously depleted by casualties and was being over-run by the enemy Private Speakman, on his own initiative, collected six men and a pile of grenades and led a series of charges. He broke up several enemy attacks, causing heavy casualties and in spite of being wounded in the leg continued to lead charge after charge. He kept the enemy at bay long enough to enable his company to withdraw safely.
Fold3_Team · 31 Oct 2023
Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39418/supplement/6731. No. 14471590 Private William Speakman, The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), attached 1st Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers. On 4th November 1951 in Korea, when the section holding the left shoulder of the company's position had been seriously depleted by casualties and was being over-run by the enemy Private Speakman, on his own initiative, collected six men and a pile of grenades and led a series of charges. He broke up several enemy attacks, causing heavy casualties and in spite of being wounded in the leg continued to lead charge after charge. He kept the enemy at bay long enough to enable his company to withdraw safely.