Name
Robert Littledale
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
30/11/1917
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Captain
Northamptonshire Regiment
5th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Mentioned in Despatches
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
METZ-EN-COUTURE COMMUNAL CEMETERY BRITISH EXTENSION
II. D. 10.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Hertford Town Memorial
All Saints Church Memorial, Hertford
Pre War
Born on 27 Jan 1895 in Birkenhead, Cheshire son of Col. Ralph Pudsay Littledale (late R.E.) and Mary Olivia Georgina (Tredcroft) of Lydenhurst, Hertford and later of Roselawn, Wokingham, Berkshire. He was educated at Wellington College and University College, London and was unmarried.
Wartime Service
Gazetted 2nd Lieut on 1 Sep 1914, entered France on 31 May 1915 and was wounded at Ypres in Nov 1915. Promoted Lieutenant on 6 Nov 1915 and Captain on 11 Aug 1917, he was killed in action near Gonnelieu.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
