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Lang Norman Lieut

Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/20885

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SKR/DAT/IP/20885
Title
Lang Norman Lieut
Date
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 £465/6/6d

Reported 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;

END OF RECORD.

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Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
Language
English
Creator(s)
Graham Sacker
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