Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (Mid. R. L. V. Little. R.N.) extremely fine £300-£400

Lieutenant Robert Lawson Victor Little, R.N., was killed in action on 30 October 1943, when the light cruiser H.M.S. Aurora was attacked by German Ju87 and Ju88 aitcraft off Castellorizo, while escorting British destroyers reinforcing troops on the island of Leros. She was hit by a 500kg bomb abaft the after funnel, killing 47 crew. Aurora withdrew to Taranto for repairs which lasted until April 1944. Lieutenant Little was aged 23, the son of General A. G. Little, C.M.G., Royal Marines, and is commemorated by name on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.