Fred Littlewood (1899-1918)
An ongoing project to commemorate and research the lives of those who appear on war memorials and rolls of honour in the local area, who served in the military, or whose deaths were linked to conflict.
Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:
- LITTLEWOOD, FRED. Private. No 64613. 25th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. Born Rashcliffe Hill, Huddersfield, 6.3.1899. Son of William Marsden and Emily Littlewood, 98 Springdale Street, Longroyd Bridge. Educated Mount Pleasant Board School. Employed by Mr Oliver Littlewood, fruiterer, Victoria Lane, Huddersfield. Attended Buxton Road Wesleyan Church. Single. Enlisted 20.3.1917. Wounded by a gas shell at Poperinghe on 9.4.1918. Died of wounds at No 7 Stationary Hospital, 14.4.1918, aged 19 years. Buried BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY. Grave location:- Plot 8, Row I, Grave 191.
- ROH:- St. Stephen's Church, Rashcliffe; memorial in Lockwood Cemetery.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Private FRED LITTLEWOOD
- regiment: Northumberland Fusiliers
- died: Sunday, April 14, 1918
- age: 19 years
- record ID: 47703
Links
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission (ID #47703)
- Imperial War Museums: Lives of the First World War (ID #2679099)