Surname(s) | Langford |
First name(s) | Wallace George |
Date of birth | 19 August 1895 |
Place of birth | Malling, Kent RD |
Family details | Son of John and Sarah Maria Langford, of Forest Heath, Lyndhurst, Hants. |
Previous education | Selhurst School; |
College | King's College London and/or King's College London Hospital |
Dates at college | 1914-15. Withdrew after completing session to undertake military service. |
Dept / course | Faculty of Arts, General Literature |
Military unit | King's Royal Rifle Corps. 18th Bn. |
War / conflict | World War One (1914-1918) |
Decorations / medals | British War and Victory Medals |
Date of death | 27 June 1916 |
Age at death | 20 |
Rank at death | 2nd Lieutenant |
Cause of death | Severely wounded when trying to rescue his men who were in danger from trench mortars and died of wounds two days later |
Burial place | Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord) |
Commemoration(s) | King's College Chapel; Croydon Memorial. |
Notes | See John Joseph Langford |
Sources | King's College London Archives; Commonwealth War Graves Commission |