| Surname: |
Little |
| Initials/Name: |
Sidney George |
| Country of Service: |
UK |
| Rank: |
Gunner |
| Regiment: |
Royal Horse Artillery |
| Unit: |
104 (The Essex Yeomanry) Regiment |
| Service No: |
887255 |
| Age: |
29 |
| Date of Death |
05/12/1941 |
| How died: |
Killed in Action |
| Awards: |
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| Cemetery: |
Tobruk War Cemetery |
| Country: |
Libya |
| Grave Reference: |
8.L.5 |
| Local Memorials: |
Stock |
| Address: |
Son of Harry and Louisa Little. Husband of Kathleen May Little, of Stock |
| CWGC Page: |
Sidney Little |
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(should this link fail, search the
CWGC site) |
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Below from John Westwood |
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| Sidney George
Little was a gunner with the Royal Horse Artillery 104th Rgt (The Essex
Yeomanry). He was killed 5th December 1941, aged 29 and is buried at the Tobruk
War Cemetery. Tobruk War Cemetery incorporates the burial ground used during
the siege and the memorial erected there at the time by the Australians has
been replaced by a permanent memorial of similar design. Many battlefield
graves in the desert have been brought into the cemetery. There are now 2,282
Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated in
Tobruk War Cemetery. |
| Sidney was
the son of Harry and Louise Little and the husband of Kathleen Little and the
latter lived in the village. |
| Updated 15.08.2024 |