Lawrence Hiram Edward Littley

Private Lawrence Hiram Edward Littley
17 Nov 1916 - 17 Feb 2004
Biography

The son of William and Clara, he married Doris Pidgeon in 1949.

Postings
Unit or location Role Posted from until
Colyton Patrol Patrol member 14 Jul 1942 03 Dec 1944
National ID
WHAU 29/3
Occupation

Poultry farmer

Address
43 Coly Vale, Colyton, Devon. Later Baxters Farm, Musbury, Devon
Other information

Later in life Lawrence was the Musbury Parish Council Chairman.

Lawrence made the national news in 1983 when he accidently ran amok with his muck-spreader and covered Musbury village with dung ! Driving through the village on his way home, Lawrence forgot to turn off his spreader. As the tractor had a soundproof cab he couldn't hear the manure spreader at work and was unaware of the chaos in his wake and by the time he had got home he had covered eight cars, seven houses, the Post Office and several angry villagers in slurry. When he finally realised what had happened he is reported to have said; "Is my face red ? I think I'd better do some cleaning up !"

References

TNA ref WO199/3391

1939 Register 

The Daily Mirror 09 May 1983