48652 Colonel William Benjamin LITTLE, DSO, MC, MiD, East Lancashire Regiment

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    Personal Number: 48652
    Rank: Colonel
    Name: William Benjamin LITTLE, OBE, DSO, MC, MiD
    Unit: Durham Light Infantry ; East Lancashire Regiment


    London Gazette : 17 October 1914
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28941/supplement/8333/data.pdf
    9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry.
    Cadet William Benjamin Little, from the Durham University Contingent, Senior Division, Officers Training Corps, to be Second Lieutenant. Dated 30th September, 1914.

    London Gazette : 15 May 1916
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29580/supplement/4823/data.pdf
    MEMORANDA.
    The undermentioned to be temp. Capts. : —
    Whilst empld. as Staff Capts. : —
    2nd Lt. (temp. Lt.) W. B. Little, Durh. L.I., T.F.

    London Gazette : 15 December 1919
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31688/supplement/15579/data.pdf
    The following are among the Decorations and Medals awarded by the Allied Powers at .various dates to the British Forces for distinguished services rendered during the course of
    the campaign:—
    His Majesty the King has given unrestricted permission in all cases to wear the Decorations and Medals in question.
    Decorations conferred by THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC
    Croix de Guerre.
    Captain and Brevet Major (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) William Benjamin Little, D.S.O., M.C., East Lancashire Regiment (attached Royal Dublin Fusiliers).

    London Gazette : 29 September 1925
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33088/page/6276/data.pdf
    E. Lan. E.—
    Capt. & Bt. Maj. W. B. Little, D.S.O., M.C., retires, receiving a gratuity, 24th Sept. 1925, and is granted the rank of Lt.-Col.

    London Gazette : 30 December 1941
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35396/page/7340/data.pdf
    The KING has been graciously pleased to approve that the following be Mentioned in recognition of distinguished services in the Middle East (including Egypt, East Africa, The Western Desert, The Sudan, Greece, Crete, Syria and Tobruk) during the period February, 1941, to July, 1941:—
    COMMANDS AND STAFF.
    Col. (local) W. B. Little, D.S.O., M.C. (48652), ret.

    London Gazette : 9 September 1942
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35697/page/3946/data.pdf
    The KING has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East during the period November, 1941, to April, 1942:—
    To be Additional Officers of the Military Division of the said Most Excellent Order: —
    Colonel (temporary) William Benjamin Little, D.S.O., M.C. (48652) (retired) (Carlisle).
     
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