70bgadmin at 10:42, 30 July 2020

2020-07-30T10:42:10Z

70bgadmin: Created page with "{{personnel |Surname and forenames=Langley M. H. |Army number=99258. |Rank=Lieutenant. |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards |Date of birth=Not yet ascertained. |Age=(..."

2020-07-30T10:28:15Z

Created page with "{{personnel |Surname and forenames=Langley M. H. |Army number=99258. |Rank=Lieutenant. |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards |Date of birth=Not yet ascertained. |Age=(..."

New page

{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Langley M. H.
|Army number=99258.
|Rank=Lieutenant.
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards
|Date of birth=Not yet ascertained.
|Age=(At time of death). Not yet known.
|Unit=Posted to 294th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Served Normandy.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Served in No. Section.
|Task or role=Section Officer. Company Commander.
|Joined Brigade=Not yet known.
|Promotions=Captain. Major.
|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet ascertained.
|Home address=35, Ambleside Avenue, Streatham, London S W 16.
}}

Some information on this Page has been extracted from the Commemorative Booklet, prepared by Major Langley, covering the period from D-Day to VE Day in addition to that extracted from the War Diaries. There are issues around the possible duplication of names which remain to be clarified.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 {{personnel
-|Surname and forenames=Langley M. H.
+|Surname and forenames=Langley Maurice H.
 |Army number=99258.
 |Rank=Lieutenant.
 |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards
-|Date of birth=Not yet ascertained.
+|Date of birth=Research indicates birth registered in Q4 1915 in Hammersmith, London.  Mother's maiden surname Crossfield.
 |Age=(At time of death).  Not yet known.
-|Unit=Posted to 294th Field Company, Royal Engineers.   Served Normandy.
+|Unit=Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers - Territorial Army - in 1939.  Posted to 294th Field Company, Royal Engineers.   Served Normandy.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Served in No. Section.
 |Task or role=Section Officer.  Company Commander.
 |Joined Brigade=Not yet known.
-|Promotions=Captain.  Major.
+|Promotions=Captain.  Major.  (no trace of entries in London Gazette).|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
 |Wounded=Not so far as is known.
 |Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
 |Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet ascertained.

Langley M H Lieutenant 99258 - Revision history

70bgadmin at 10:42, 30 July 2020

70bgadmin: Created page with "{{personnel |Surname and forenames=Langley M. H. |Army number=99258. |Rank=Lieutenant. |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards |Date of birth=Not yet ascertained. |Age=(..."