Ronald B. Littledale
| Ronald Bolton Littledale | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Ronnie |
| Born | 1902 Hartford, Cheshire, England |
| Died | 1 September 1944, aged 42 Airaines, Normandy, France |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
|
| Service/branch |
 British Army
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| Years of service | 1922–1944 |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Service number | 25378 |
| Unit | King's Royal Rifle Corps |
| Commands held | 2nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards | Distinguished Service Order |
Lieutenant Colonel Ronald 'Ronnie' Bolton Littledale DSO (1902–1944) was a British Army officer who became a prisoner of war and successfully escaped from Colditz Castle during the Second World War but was killed in action on 1 September 1944.
Born summer 1902 in Hartford, Cheshire the only son of Captain John Bolton Littledale and his wife, Clara Stevenson.
He was educated at St. Aubyn's, Rotttingdean and then Eton.
Littledale was trained at the Royal Military College and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant on 1 February 1923.
He served with the King's Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC) in the BAOR, India, Palestine and Northern Ireland, rising through the ranks during the 1920s and 1930s.
Littledale took part in the defence of Calais serving as a Major. On 26 May 1940 he was captured by a German patrol near the Fort at the harbour mouth.
With other captured officers he was marched across northern France for about 10 days then taken by train from near Luxembourg to Trier, Mainz and onward to Oflag VII-CLaufen in Mid June 1940.
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