| Surname: | Littlewood |
| Initials: | A W |
| Rank: | Sergeant |
| Army Number: | P/2673 |
| Notes: | MMP. From Barsby, Leicestershire. Awarded the Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (1) France, 25/3/16. Info from Service Record: Enlisted Litchfield 16/11/1915 and resided at the Police Station Whittington Nr Lichfield. Age 20 and formerly a Police Constable. Service Home 16/11/1915 to 24/3/1916, BEF 25/3/1916 to 20/8/1919, Home 21/8/1919 to 18/9/1919, class Z reserve 19/9/19. Embarked Southampton 16/3/1916 arrived Rouen 18/3/1916, 10/4/1916 2 Army. 13/4/1916 5 Corps, 30/10/1918 Sergeant. 36 Division, 20/8/1919 to UK via Boulogne for discharge. Albert William Littlewood. Extract from the Grantham Journal 20 July 1918. BARSBY. Belgian War Cross Awarded - Among the recipients of the Croix de Guerre, conferred by the King of the Belgians for distinguished serviced during the course of the campaign, appears the name of P/2673, Lance Corporal Albert William Littlewood, Military Mounted Police, of Barsby. Extract from the Walsall Observer 18 March 1939. POLICE SERGEANT'S FUNERAL. The funeral took place on Wednesday of Police Sergeant A W Littlewood, of Rushall, whose death, last week, was reported in last Saturday's "Observer." Sergeant Littlewood who was 46 years of age, died in Birmingham Eye Hospital. He had seen nearly 26 years service in the Staffordshire County Constabulary and during the Great War served with the Military Mounted Police on the Western front and was awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre for devotion to duty. Prior to the internment at Rushall cemetery, a service as conducted by the Rev. Cummings Gourd, at the Congregational Church, Rushall. Before the commencement of the business at the Rushall Police Court, on Monday, the Chairman Alderman J F W Binns made a brief reference to the loss that the County Constabulary had sustained in the death of Sergeant Littlewood, wh. he said, had proved himself a courteous, zealous and efficient officer. He expressed the sympathy of the court with the family and the court stood in silence for a moment as a mark of respect. |
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| Decoration: | Belgian Croix de Guerre (London Gazette: 30792 Page: 8179 July 12, 1918) |
| Citation: | France & Flanders. |