WW2 Defence Medal in Box of Issue - Archibald Cecil Little
Archibald Cecil Little was born on 14 January 1895 in Lewisham, Kent, and he spent much of his working life in roles connected with essential public and wartime services. By the time of the 1921 Census, he was living at 51 Lampmead Road, Lewisham, employed as a Second Class Writer with the Ammunition Components Ordnance Factories at Woolwich, part of the Royal Manufacturers of War Material. This placed him firmly within Britain’s critical munitions supply infrastructure during the post–First World War period.
At the outbreak of the Second World War, Archibald was recorded in the 1939 Register as residing in Lewisham, London, working as a Hospital Porter, another key occupation on the Home Front. Such roles were vital to maintaining civilian health services during air raids and the sustained pressures of wartime Britain.
Following the war, Archibald Cecil Little later lived in Trumpington, Cambridgeshire, at 107 Foster Road, the address shown on his official medal box of issue. He died in 1952, aged 57, and was buried at Trumpington on 8 October 1952.
His wartime service, carried out entirely on the Home Front, is reflected by the award of the Defence Medal, recognising sustained contribution in essential civilian and support roles during the Second World War.
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