In Memory Of

LANGLEY, GEORGE

Service Details
Age:
 22
Date of Birth:
 1895-01-09
Service No:
 476
Rank:
 Gunner
Unit:
 125th Siege Bty.
Regiment:
 South African Heavy Artillery
Date of Death:
 1917-01-26
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action. At Englebelmer since October 1916, the battery moved to a new position on the 20th January 1917, on the road Mailly Maillet-Auchonvillers.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 II. E. 1-3.
Cemetery:
 MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY, MAILLY-MAILLET
Localitly:
 Somme
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of Edward John and Annie (nee Heffers) Langley, of 246 Walmer Road, South End, Port Elizabeth. Born Port Elizabeth. A postal employee. Commemoration stone in Port Elizabeth (South End) Cemetery. Commemorated on S.A. Artillery WWI Memorial, Company Gardens, Cape Town & on Port Elizabeth WWI Cenotaph. His brother Alfred Edward Langley also died in service