Stanley LITTLE

Main CPGW Record

Surname: LITTLE

Forename(s): Stanley

Place of Birth: Keighley, Yorkshire

Service No: 267095

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 2/6th Battalion

Division: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division

Age: 22

Date of Death: 1917-03-23

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: I. J. 57.

CWGC Cemetery: VARENNES MILITARY CEMETERY

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

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

Additional Information:

Stanley Little (born 19 October 1894) was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Little, née Walton and brother of Private Harold Little (1721) (q.v.). Their father was born at Dalston, Cumberland and mother at Dufton, Westmorland.

1901 Keighley, Yorkshire Census: 22, Mount Street - Stanley Little, aged 6 years, born Keighley, Yorkshire, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Little.

1911 Keighley, Yorkshire Census: 152, Devonshire Street - Stanley Little, aged 16 years, born Keighley, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Little.

Stanley is listed in the Nominal Roll of the 2/6th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment): 'C' Coy - Pte. S. Little.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Stanley Little, 4986, 267095, W. Rid. R.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Stanley Little, 4986, 267095, 2/6th W. Rid. R. Deceased.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Stanley Little, 4986, 2/6th Bn W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: 23.3.17. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father and Sole Legatee - Thomas. £5 15s. 0d.

Photograph: 'Keighley News' (1917). Kindly supplied by the 'The Men of Worth Project' website: https://www.menofworth.org.uk

Data Source: Nominal Roll of 2/6th Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) (CPGW Book)

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

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