Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Three: Private F. Little, Border Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 5 June 1916
1914-15 Star (17584 Pte. F. little. Bord: R.); British War and Victory Medals (17584 Pte. F. Little. Bord. R.) extremely fine

Pair: Private A. Little, Border Regiment, who was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916
British War and Victory Medals (19622 Pte. A. Little. Bord. R.) good very fine (5) £300-£400

Francis Little was born in Carlisle in 1890, and attested there for the Border Regiment. He served with the 11th (Lonsdales Pals) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 November 1915, and was killed in action on 6 June 1916. He is buried Authuille Military Cemetery, Somme, France.

Andrew Little, the brother of Francis Little, was born in Carlisle in 1889, and attested there for the Border Regiment. He served with the 11th (Lonsdales Pals) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1916, and was killed in action on the first day of the battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916. On this date the Battalion was involved in the attack on the Leipzig Salient. They advanced from assembled positions in Authuille Wood at 8:00 a.m., and soon came under very heavy machine gun fire, with total casualties of almost 500. Little was amongst those killed; he has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.