Raymond Litten

Captain Raymond Litten was an English officer of the British Army who died during the First World War.
He was born in 1883, in Kensington, the son of German-born jeweller Tobias Raphael and Frances Litten (née Levey), originally of Montreal, Canada. Educated at the City of London School and in Germany, Litten worked in the Stock Exchange before entering the Inns of Court Officer Training Corps on the outbreak of war in August 1914. He was commissioned in the Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) and was first dispatched to the Western Front in July 1915. On 15 December, he was admitted as a freemen of the City of London.The Times (41213), Col C, p. 7: "Fallen Officers". 7 July 1916.
Litten died on 1 July 1916, on the first day of the Somme Offensive, while in command of "B" Company, 6th Berkshires, which had been directed to secure Montauban Alley trench. Although the battalion achieved its primary objective, Litten's company suffered heavily and none of its officers survived unscathed.Petre, Francis Loraine, The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) 49th Foot. 66th Foot: 1914-1918, p. 253. The battalion's casualties amounted to 78 killed, 259 wounded, and 11 missing.1st July, 1916, 6throyalberks.co.uk. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
He is buried in Carnoy Military Cemetery. 
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==References==
*Ancestry.co.uk.
*Litten, Raymond, cwgc.org. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
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