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| Name | LITTON – John Philip |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 38th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 2997 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 23rd May 1850 / 18 years 4 months / Westminster Middlesex England Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | Dark / Hazel / Brown / Severe wounds at Sebastopol Crimea |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Turkey – 4 months Crimea – 5 months India – 2 years 5 months |
| Length of Service | 10 years 207 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Sergeant / 15th December 1860 / Rae Bareilly Cantonment India |
| Campaign Medals | Crimean War Medal with Alma Balaklava and Sebastopol clasps Turkish Crimean Medal Indian Mutiny Medal with Lucknow Clasp |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not stated |
| Pension Districts | 1861 Woolwich 1866-1897 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1861 8d per diem for 2 years from 26th February 1861 extended 1 year made permanent 1864 at 10d per diem 1881 increased to 1/5½d per diem for service to Enrolled Force |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 7th April 1866 Portland Dorset England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | BELGRAVIA 4th July 1866 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1832 Shoreditch London Middlesex England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | LITTON Philip B 1797 Lympstone Devon England D 1854 December Quarter Westminster Middlesex England |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | PARKER Ann 1796 Honiton Devon 5th April 1821 Lympstone Devon England |
| Siblings | Harriet Parker B 23rd November 1821 Lympstone Devon England D 30th December 1821 Lympstone Devon England Harriet B 1825 St Luke’s Middlesex England William B 19th October 1829 St Mary’s Islington Middlesex England. (Convicted 10th May 1841 for stealing and transported on the on board the Sir Thomas Arbuthnot arriving Williamstown 4 May 1847. William finally sent a letter home from Ironbark Bendigo 1855 to his mother Ann and the original letter is held in the Battye Library along with the original Attestation Papers of John Litton). Mary (Maryann) B 1836 Shoreditch Middlesex England (arrived in Australia per the Montrose with infant daughter Mary Ann in 1864) |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | COULSON Isabella Born 2nd Qtr 1852 Greenwich Registered 1852 mother Johnson Baptised 11th July 1852 St. Werburgh’s Derby. Mother Mary |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 7th December 1867 Fremantle Western Australia |
| Children by 1st Wife | John Philip B 16th August 1870 Fremantle Western Australia John & Mary Ann Coulson (Grandparents) are listed as his God Parents at St. John’s Church, Fremantle M1 FOX Esther 13th August 1892 Newcastle Western Australia M2 CRAWFORD Mena A. M. 1906 Geraldton Western Australia D 26th January 1942 Midland Junction Western Australia bur Wesleyan Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia William Alfred B 1872 Perth Western Australia M MURRAY Martha 1893 Perth Western Australia D 23rd December 1937 Midland Junction Western Australia bur Anglican Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australian Marion B 1873 Perth Western Australia M HOLDERNESS Vivian Godfrey 1906 Fremantle Western Australia D 23rd April 1945 Nanga Brook Wellington District Western Australia bur Anglican Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Isabella B 21st June 1875 Fremantle Western Australia M PAYNE Robert Summers 1910 Fremantle Western Australia D 12th July 1940 North Fremantle Western Australia bur Methodist Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia Harriet B 1877 Fremantle Western Australia M McINTYRE James Edward Daniel 1894 Perth Western Australia grandson of EPG Daniel McIntyre (Mermaid) D 29th May 1942 Perth Western Australia bur Wesleyan Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Henry Ernest B 1881 Fremantle Western Australia M BROWN Flora 10th September 1921 Perth Western Australia D 5th October 1962 West Midland Western Australia bur Karrakatta Cemetery (Garden) Western Australia Lydia B 11th September 1885 M1 CAMERON Adam Smith 1902 Fremantle Western Australia M2 NEEDHAM Arthur Sydney 1918 Fremantle Western Australia D 13th February 1975 North Fremantle Western Australia (tentative) bur Niche Wall Fremantle Cemetery Western Australian Harry B 1894 Western Australia M SANSOM Catherine Jane 14th August 1915, Western Australia D 7th October 1917 Belgium bur Tyen Cot Cemetery, Belgium (AIF 11th Battalion # 3247) |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | COULSON John (aka John Wood) an EPG c 1812 Let Church (Litchurch) Derby Derbyshire England |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | JOHNSON Mary c 1812 21st March 1838 Charlton Kent England |
| Land Grants Western Australia | Cockburn Sound Koojee Lot P9 20 acres 6th June 1885 Title Application 3rd August 1885 Deed of grant issued |
| Occupation after Arrival | Servant Magazine Warder |
| Newspaper Articles | Adelaide Chronicle Sat 6 Jan 1912, Page 33, Family Notices death of Isabella at residence of son-in-law Adam Cameron Inquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 6th April 1887 page 5 Disbandment EG The Herald (WA) Saturday 19th December 1885 page 3 Drill Instructor’s report |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 31st January 1897 Fremantle Skinner Street Cemetery Fremantle Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 1st January 1912 Birkenhead South Australia |
| Will or Probate | Copy of will available at Western Australian State Records Office [SRO Cons 3403-1898-102] |
| Further Information | 1841 Census Long Alley Rumballs Buildings, St Leonards Shoreditch, Tower Hamlets, London, Middlesex. [HO107/706/12] 1851 Muster & Pay List or Census 38th Regiment Depot, Chester Castle [WO 12/5215]. Extra Parochial Place of Chester Castle, Great Boughton, Cheshire. [HO107/2171] Wounded severely on the 21st Oct 1854 in the trenches at Sebastopol [BL 2676A]. 1861 Census High Road, Westminster, Middlesex [RG09/55] November 1880 on the Nominal Roll for the Enrolled Guard living in the No 1 Barracks Fremantle with his wife and 5 children Sergeant John Litton appointed to the Magazine Fremantle 26 March 1881 MS Smith recommends Sergeant Litton to replace Corporal Maher but he prefers to remain at the magazine despite an increase in pay 29th September 1881 John Litton appointed Sergeant to the Enrolled Guard Included on the Enrolled Guard Disbandment 31st March 1887 Nominal Roll |