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Identity
Person No.
14110
Service No.
504
Last Name
Lyttle 4
First Name
William Maxwell Fearne
Initials
W M F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1907 (±1 yr) 203
Age at Death
35
Death Record
Date of Death
10 July 1942 129
Cause code
ACC 1,584
Accident
Cause of Death
Accidentally killed 260
Accidentally killed, when he fell from a window
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Regiment
Royal Natal Carbineers 221
Later renamed Natal Carbineers (1961)
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
1st 961
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Egypt 2,947
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY 185
Grave Reference
3. A. 4. 1
Coordinates
31.20378, 29.92303 OSM
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry (1st Bn); 2nd Bn converted to armour 1939-45 as 6th Reconnaissance Regiment, SA Tank Corps (Egypt)
Status
Active Citizen Force
WWII-only split: 1st Battalion fought as infantry; 2nd Battalion converted to armour, later amalgamated with 4th Armoured Car Regiment as 4th/6th ACR. Not a permanent whole-regiment Corps change. No SADF-era (1974-92) brigade attachment found in available sources -- left unrecorded rather than guessed.
Notes

Son of William E. and Effie L. Lyttle, of Longmarket Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal. Born in Pietermaritzburg. A teacher at the Murchison Prep School. B.A. His brother also died on service

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