Émile Speller

Émile Speller (7 October 1875 – 17 January 1952) was a Luxembourgish military officer and the commander of the country's Gendarmes and Volunteers Corps (Corps des Gendarmes et Volontaires) during the German invasion of Luxembourg in World War II.

[3] On 30 April 1937, he was appointed via ministerial order to be chairman of the supervisory commission on forestry education.

[Note 1] Most of the soldiers did not partake in the fighting, as only those who volunteered for guard duty were stationed along the border.

[1] On 3 March 1945, the returned and reformed Luxembourg government appointed Speller to the 1945 Pension Board for the Army.

[8] On 7 October, the government retroactively recognized Speller's resignation, effective exactly five years previously.