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Peter carried out his Military Service in the Intelligence Corps from 1940–46 and in 1949 achieved a First Class Degree in Russian from Christ's College. In 1949 he was appointed Assistant Lecturer and later Lecturer in Russian in the Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages.

A founding Fellow of Churchill College, Peter Squire was appointed to an Official Fellowship and College Lectureship in Modern Languages (Russian) from 1 October 1960 and was appointed Tutor (Graduate Students) in 1963, a role he carried out until 1982. He served on several College Committees, and most notably on the Wine Committee. His other great pleasure was singing; despite his long illness he managed to join the Collegium Laureatum in a concert shortly before Christmas.

Following his retirement, Peter remained a regular visitor to the College and maintained the cellar books for the Wine Committee until his death.

An abridged version of an obituary by Piers Brendon appeared in The Times on April 8, 2009.