Service Details
Name:
 LYTTLE
Given Name:
 WILLIAM EDWARD
Initials:
 W E
Service No:
 75071V
Rank:
 Warrant Officer Class II
Other Casualties of this Rank
Regiment:
 Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 1st
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Former Regiment:
 formerly Duke of Edinburgh
Date of Death:
 1944-07-29
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Date of Birth:
 1910-12-31
Age:
 33
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, during the advance to Florence, in the vicinity of the river Greve. He received a shrapnel wound to the femur on the 28 July, but died the next day
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 15 December 1942 pg. 5449
Additional
Information:
Son of William Edward and Effie Lolotte Lyttle, of 413, Longmarket Street, Pietermaritzburg. Born Greytown, Natal. An accountant. He was unmarried. His brother also died on service
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 III. B. 3.

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