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John Littlejohn |
CWGC:
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment: West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own), 2nd Battalion
Date of Death: 26th October 1916
Age: 37
Buried: Thiepval Anglo-French Cemetery
Additional Information: Son of the late James and Catherine MacIntyre Littlejohn. M.A., B.Sc. (Glasgow).
SNWM:
Rank: Training Second Lieutenant
Regiment: Prince of Wales Own West Yorkshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion
Date of Death: 26th October 1916
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
SDGW:
Rank: Training Second Lieutenant
Regiment: Prince of Wales Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 2nd Battalion
Date of Death: 26th October 1916
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
MIC:
John Littlejohn, Second Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment. (Manchester Regiment).
Killed in Action 26th October 1916
Address: Easter Hallhill House, Baillieston, Lanarkshire
(Sister Janet T. Littlejohn applied for brother’s medals, 6th February 1922
London Gazette, 18th January 1916, Supplement 29444, Page 834
The undermentioned cadets and ex-cadets, Officers Training Corps, to be temporary Second Lieutenants (on probation):
The Prince of wale’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) – John Littlejohn. Dated 21st January 1916.
London Gazette, 4th July 1916, Supplement 29655, Page 6731
The undermentioned temporary 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) to be temporary 2nd Lieutenants (on probation). 15th June 1916, but with seniority from the dates specified against their names:
John Littlejohn (from West Yorkshire Regiment) 21st January 1916.
London Gazette, 22nd August 1916, Supplement 29722, Page 8382
The undermentioned are transferred from Reserve to Regular Battalions as temporary officers, with dates of seniority as shown against their names: Manchester Regiment – 2nd Lieutenants – J. Littlejohn, 21st January 1916
Soldiers’ Effects:
Second Lieutenant J. Littlejohn, West Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in Action 26th October 1916.
Scotsman, 13th November 1916. ‘Second Lieutenant John Littlejohn’
Second Lieutenant John Littlejohn, West Yorkshire Regiment, was a former student at Glasgow University, from which he graduated M.A., B.Sc. While at the University he was a member of the Officers Training Corps and later he held a captaincy in the City of Glasgow Cadet Corps. When he enlisted, Lieutenant Littlejohn was science master in Strathbungo Higher Grade School.
Daily Record, 14th November 1916 (Photo):
Second Lieutenant John Littlejohn, science master in Strathbungo Higher Grade School. Killed.
Listed on Jordanhill Teacher Training College (Starthclyde University): John Littlejohn, 1902 (Date of Enrolement)
Listed on Glasgow Royal Technical College (Strathclyde University): Lieutenant John Littlejohn, M.A., B.Sc., West Yorkshire Regiment.
Listed on Glasgow City Council Education Department Memorial: John Littlejohn, M.A.
