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Colour Sgt. Benjamin Little MM.

British Army 4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

(d.13th Oct 1918)

Benjamin Little died aged 24, he was born in Jarrow in 1894, Son of Benjamin and Annie Little (nee Patterson). In the 1911 Census Benjamin Little, age 16, Rivet Heater in a Shipyard, is listed as living with his Mother Ann Little & his siblings at 32, Shakespeare Street, Jarrow-on-Tyne. He lived and enlisted in Jarrow and Formerly served as Colour Sergeant 8293 West Yorkshire Regiment.

Benjamin is buried in Wellington Cemetery. Rieux-En-Cambresis. He is commemorated on the Palmer Cenotaph Jarrow and on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.



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