Langley M H Lieutenant 99258
Personnel Entry
Name Langley Maurice H.
Army number 99258.
Rank Lieutenant.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards
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 Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers - Territorial Army - in 1939. Posted to 294th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Served Normandy.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit Served in No. Section.
Task or role Section Officer. Company Commander.
Joined Brigade Not yet known.
Promotions Captain. Major. (no trace of entries in London Gazette).
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.
Source table
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.
