The First World War
Officers of The Royal Canadian Regiment

Lieut. William Parker Littlewood

Soldiers of the First World War database entry - W.P. Littlewood

Service:

• Enlisted 33rd Huron Regment, Goderich, Ontario, 17 Aug 1914
• Transferred to The R.C.R. as a private, 5 Sep 1914, regimental number 16208
• Appointed Lance Corporal, 1 Sep 1915
• Attested for overseas service with The R.C.R., C.E.F. regimental number (tbc)
• Arrived in France, 1 Nov 1915
• Promoted Corporal, 29 Nov 1915
• Appointed Orderly Room Clerk (O.R.C.), 19 Mar 1916
• Promoted Sergeant (O.R.C.), 27 Jul 1916
• Duty Sergeant 1 Sep 1916
• Commissioned, 25 Dec 1916
• Wounded in action, 28 Mar 1917
• Invalided to England, 1 Apr 1917
• Returned to France, 1 Apr 1918
• Courses:
• Anti-Gas, Aldershot
• General Course, Chelsea
• Appointed Adjutant, Canadian Corps School, 30 Jun 1918
• Rejoined The R.C.R. from C.C.R.C., 27 Jul 1918

Date of Birth - 4 Dec 1893 at Leicestershire, England

Date of Death - 17 Jul 1986 at Manatee, FL

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