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Lang Norman Lieut
Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/20885
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- SKR/DAT/IP/20885
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Title (The name of the record)
- Lang Norman Lieut
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Date (When the record was created)
- 2000-2024
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Surname: Lang;
Forename(s): Norman;
Initials: N;
Rank: Lieut;
MGC Branch: Infantry;
MGC Unit: 38 Bn;
Other MGC Unit Served (1): 114 Coy;
Other MGC Unit Served (2): 38 Bn;
How killed: KIA;
Where: France;
When killed: 24-Aug-1918;
Other Data: NOK George Lang (father) 5 Lockyer Rd, Mannamead, Plymouth.
Casualty Form: 7/4/1916 to join BEF - joined in the field 114 Coy MGC
23/7/1916 wounded in action - to 21 CCS - gsw right thigh and back.
25/5/1917 joined 114 Coy in Field
21/12/1917 leave to UK. 4/1/1918 from UK
3/8/1918 38 Bn - to 3 Army Infantry School 24/8/1918, rejoined.
31/8/1918 KIA 24/8/1918 buried Red Dragon Cemetery, Ovillers.
Letter, War Office to father saying that under terms of agreement with French/Belgian Govts regarding burials - body reinterred at Ovillers-la-Boisselle.
Letters of administration 26/2/1919: grantee George Lang. Value £465/6/6dReported wounded 1/8/1916 - "The MGC Magazine" Nov 1916, p 24;
Other Notes: LANG, Lieutenant, NORMAN, Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 24th August 1918. Age 24. Son of George and Margarita Bath Lang. XIII. D. 4. Ovillers Military Cemetery - Somme, France.;
Related National Archives files: WO339/40031;
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Graham Sacker
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- 1 digital record
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SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
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Within the fonds: SKR.2025.11
Machine Gun Corps Database Collection
Within the series: SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
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Lang Norman Lieut