War Memorial - Littleton (North & Middle), Worcestershire, England

Frank Ballard
	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 12621 08 February 1892, North Littleton 26 September 1915 23 2nd Bn. Worcestershire Regiment Loos Memorial, France Son of William and Ellen Ballard, nee Cook.

The birth (08 February 1892) of Frank Ballard was registered in Evesham, Worcestershire, England during the first quarter of 1892 and was baptised in Middle Littleton, Worcestershire, England on 10 April 1892.

England Census 1901 about Frank Ballard and family Residence: Main Street, North Littleton, Worcestershire, England
Name	Relation to Head	Marital status	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
William Ballard Ellen Ballard Eli Ballard Muriel Ballard Frank Ballard Nellie Ballard George Ballard	Head Wife Son Daughter Son Daughter Son	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single	50 46 16 12 9 7 6	abt. 1851 abt. 1855 abt. 1885 abt. 1889 abt. 1892 abt. 1894 abt. 1895	North Littleton, Worcestershire North Littleton, Worcestershire North Littleton, Worcestershire North Littleton, Worcestershire North Littleton, Worcestershire North Littleton, Worcestershire North Littleton, Worcestershire

Charles Hubert Coley
© Chris Ramsden	Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 48833 abt. 1894 07 February 1919, North Littleham 25 35th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) North Littleton (St. Nicholas" Churchyard, Worcestershire, England Son of William Henry and Amelia Elizabeth Coley, nee Hedges. Born at Lower Quinton, Worwickshire. He died of lobar pneumonia and malaria.

Charles Hubert Coley was baptised in Quinton, Warwickshire, England on 05 August 1900.

England Census 1911 about Charles Hubert Coley and family Residence: Quinton, Stratford On Avon, Warwickshire, England
Name	Relation to Head	Marital status	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
William Henry Coley Amelia Elizabeth Coley William Coley Fred Coley Charles Hubert Coley Maud Elizabeth Coley Eva Ann Coley	Head Wife Son Son Son Daughter Daughter	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single	55 50 26 20 17 8 3	abt. 1856 abt. 1861 abt. 1885 abt. 1891 abt. 1894 abt. 1903 abt. 1908	Stratford On Avon, Warwickshire Pebworth, Gloucestershire Stratford On Avon, Warwickshire Pebworth, Gloucestershire Quinton, Gloucestershire Quinton, Gloucestershire Quinton, Gloucestershire

Jack Emms (Probably Charles Alfred Emms)
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Lance Corporal 241513 08 August 1894 03 December 1917 23 2nd/8th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France Son of Frederick and Ellen Emms, of 5, Middle Littleton, Evesham, Worcestershire.

The birth (08 August 1894) of Charles Alfred Emms was registered in Evesham, Worcestershire, England during the third quarter of 1894 and was baptised in the Church of St. Michael in South Littleton, Worcestershire, England on 31 May 1898.

England Census 1911 about Alfred Charles Emms and family Residence: South Littleton, Evesham, Worcestershire, England
Name	Relation to Head	Marital status	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Fred Emms Ellen Emms Maude Isabel Emms Alfred Charles Emms Martin Silvester Emms Albert William Emms Olive Ellen Emms Harry Emms Hilda Kate Emms Violet Emms	Head Wife Daughter Son Son Son Daughter Son Daughter Daughter	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single Single Single Single	45 43 18 16 14 11 10 7 5 1	abt. 1866 abt. 1868 abt. 1893 abt. 1895 abt. 1897 abt. 1900 abt. 1901 abt. 1904 abt. 1906 abt. 1910	Littleton, Worcestershire Littleton, Worcestershire Littleton, Worcestershire Littleton, Worcestershire Honeybourne, Worcestershire Littleton, Worcestershire Littleton, Worcestershire Littleton, Worcestershire Littleton, Worcestershire Littleton, Worcestershire

Ronald Masters
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 5475 abt. 1897, North Littleton 18 January 1916 19 7th Amb. Train Royal Army Medical Corps St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France Son of John and Annie Masters, nee Weaver, of 41, Argyle Street, Nechells, Birmingham.

The birth of Ronald Masters was registered in Evesham, Worcestershire, England during the second quarter of 1895.

England Census 1901 about Ronald Masters and family Residence: Malthouse Cottgae, North and Middle Littleton, Worcestershire, England
Name	Relation to Head	Marital status	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
John Masters Annie Masters Charles H. Masters Amy E. Masters Ronald Masters John H. Masters Frederick B. Masters	Head Wife Son Daughter Son Son Son	Married Married Single Single Single Single Single	37 36 9 7 5 3 5 mo.	abt. 1864 abt. 1865 abt. 1892 abt. 1894 abt. 1896 abt. 1898 abt. 1901	Leamington, Warwickshire Wordsley, Worcestershire Harborne, Worcestershire North Littleton, Worcestershire North Littleton, Worcestershire North Littleton, Worcestershire North Littleton, Worcestershire

George Read (Unable to identify)
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John Thomas Spires (Other recs: Thomas John Spiers)
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 23991 02 September 1876, Dudley, Staffordshire 25 August 1917 41 10th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, France Son of Elizabeth Spiers, nee Batchelor, and the late Alfred (William ?) Spiers (1851-1880). Husband of Rose Spiers, nee Tombs, of 7, Middle Littleton, Evesham.

John Thomas Spiers was born on 02 September 1876 and was baptised in the Church of St. James the Less in Ashted, Warwickshire, England on 27 September 1876. He was married to Rose Tombs in the Church of St. Nicholas in North and Middle Littleton, Worcestershire, England on 17 April 1911.

A newspaper reported following:
LITTLETON SOLDIER'S DEATH
Mrs. J. T. Spiers, of Middle Littleton, received news recently that her husband, Pte. J. T. Spiers, of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, died on August 26th, in the 59th General Hospital, France, from wounds received on July 28th. He was very badly wounded in both legs and left arm, his right leg having to be amputated. Pte. Spiers joined up in February last, and gad been in France about four months. He had served 12 years previous service in the same regiment. He was 41 years of age, and leaves a wife and two children. Pte. Spiers was the eldest of four brothers. His brother James was killed in action on August 26, 1915. Albert has been wounded in the temple and the knee, and has lost his right eye, and George is still in France.

England Census 1891 about John Spires and family Residence: Fish and Anchor, North Littleton, Worcestershire, England
Name	Relation to Head	Marital status	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
William Spires Elizabeth Spires John Spires Albert Spires Alice Spires	Head Wife Son Son Daughter	Married Married Single Single Single	42 38 15 12 6 mo.	abt. 1849 abt. 1853 abt. 1876 abt. 1879 abt. 1890	Offenham, Worcestershire Pebworth, Gloucestershire Dudley, Worcestershire Dudley, Worcestershire North Littleton, Worcestershire

James William Spires (Other recs: Spiers)
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 12606 abt. 1894 25 September 1915 21 1st Bn. Worcestershire Regiment Ration Farm Military Cemetery, La Chapelle-D'Armentieres, France Son of William and Elizabeth Spiers, of Littleton, Worcestershire.

The birth of James William Spiers was registered in Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England during the fourth quarter of 1894.

England Census 1911 about John Thomas and James William Spiers and family Residence: Cleeve Prior, Evesham, Worcestershire, England
Name	Relation to Head	Marital status	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
George Hopkins Elizabeth Hopkins John Thomas Spiers James William Spiers George Spiers	Head Wife Stepson Stepson Stepson	Married Married Single Single Single	41 54 34 16 13	abt. 1870 abt. 1857 abt. 1877 abt. 1895 abt. 1898	Banbury Coop(?), Oxfordshire Broad Moreton, Gloucestershire Birmingham, Worcestershire Littleton, Worcestershire Littleton, Worcestershire

Albert Cecil Wheeler (Unable to identify)
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Alfred Harrison (Unable to identify)
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