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Updates for 2nd Lieutenant Henry James Little
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31/07/2021 Second Lieutenant Henry James Little is listed on page 53 of the Fivemiletown book, from which most of these details come from. Many thanks to Mark Byers for the information.
31/07/2021 The CWGC record Second Lieutenant H J Little as the son of John W and H H Little of Cavanaleck, Fivemiletown, County. Tyrone. He is also recorded as being a native of Armadalest, Dennistoun, Glasgow.
31/07/2021 Second Lieutenant Henry James Little is commemorated locally on the Roll of Honour in Fivemiletown Methodist Church and on Fivemiletown War Memorial.
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11/03/2017 Second Lieutenant H J Little, was serving with East Kent Regiment, the Buffs. He was attached to the 5th Battalion of the South Lancashire Regiment.
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11/03/2017 Second Lieutenant H J Little, East Kent Regiment (The Buffs), killed in action, was a brother of Mrs Rusk. Cavanaleck, Fivemiletown.
11/03/2017 Henry James Little was the son of John W and H H Little. Henry was a born in Scotland in 1892.
11/03/2017 The 1901 Scottish census records that Henry was living with his family at Armadale Street, Dennistoun, Glasgow. His father, John Little, was a commission agent who was born in Ireland.
11/03/2017 Henry’s parents moved to live in Cavanaleck, Fivemiletown.
11/03/2017 Henry lived in Paisley, Scotland and latterly in Charing, Kent, England.
11/03/2017 Henry Little enlisted with the East Kent Regiment, with the Service No. G-19169.
11/03/2017 He was promoted to corporal.
11/03/2017 From the Belfast Newsletter dated 11th October 1917:
11/03/2017 Henry James Little was given a commission on 26th June 1916, and was attached to the 5th Battalion of the South Lancashire Regiment.
11/03/2017 Second Lieutenant Henry James Little was still officially serving with East Kent Regiment, the Buffs, when he was killed in action on 20th September 1917. He was 25 years old.
11/03/2017 Second Lieutenant Henry James Little is buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium.
11/03/2017 Henry Little was a brother of Mrs Rusk of Cavanaleck, Fivemiletown.
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11/03/2017 A report appeared in the Scottish Evening Times on 5th October 1917. That report includes a photo of Second Lieutenant H J Little. It reported that Henry hailed from Burnside.
11/03/2017 On 15th November 1916, Corporal Little arrived with his unit in France.
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