In Memory Of
LYTTLE, WILLIAM EDWARD
Service Details
Age:
33
Date of Birth:
1910-12-31
Service No:
75071V
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class II
Unit:
1st
Regiment:
Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
Former Regiment:
formerly Duke of Edinburgh
Date of Death:
1944-07-29
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
III. B. 3.
Cemetery:
FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Decorations:
Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
LG Sup 15 December 1942 pg. 5449
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
