Miles LITTLE

Main CPGW Record

Surname: LITTLE

Forename(s): Miles

Place of Birth: Askrigg, Yorkshire

Service No: 202758

Rank: Corporal

Regiment / Corps / Service: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 1/5th Battalion

Division: 49th (West Riding) Division

Age: ---

Date of Death: 1918-10-13

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: V. A. 18.

CWGC Cemetery: NAVES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)

Additional Information:

Miles Little was the son of James and Louisa Little, née Cleminson. Both parents were born at Askrigg, Yorkshire. Miles was the cousin of Sergeant Miles John Chislett Little (7443) (q.v.).

1901 Stanbury, Yorkshire Census: 121, Stanbury - Miles Little, aged 9 years, born Askrigg, Yorkshire, son of James and Louisa Little.

1911 Stanbury, Yorkshire Census: 89, Stanbury - Miles Little, aged 19 years, born West End, Askrigg, Yorkshire, son of James Little, widower.

The British Army Service Record for Miles Little exists but may be incomplete.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Cpl Miles Little, 5851, W. York. R.; 5100, Ent. Bn.; 202758, W. York. R.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Cpl Miles Little, 5851, 1/5 W. York. R.; 5100, Attd. 10th Entrenching Bn.; 202758, 1/5 W. York. R. Died of Wounds 13.10.18.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Cpl Miles Little, 202758, 5/W. Yorks. Date and Place of Death: 13.10.18. France or Belg. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: The admins of the estate of the late Cpl Miles Little. £33 0s. 8d.

Miles is commemorated on the Stanbury and Oldfield War Memorial.

Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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