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Pte. Horace W. Littlewood
British Army 2nd/5th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Barnsley
(d.20th July 1918)
Horace Littlewood was killed in action near Jonchery sur Vesle on 20th of July 1918, age 18 and initially buried locally in this area.
He was later exhumed and reburied in the Marfaux British Military Cemetery, which is around 12 kilometres S W of Reims, along the D836
Route de Chaumuzy.
His headstone contains the words 'Cherished memories of one so dear are oft recalled with a silent tear'
His mother Sarah Ann Toll lived at 57 Pontefract Road, Hoyle Hill, Near Barnsley.