William Langford, Age 18

Private, 285356, 15th Battalion, Welsh Regiment.

Welsh Regiment Cap Badge.

William was the son of William (a moulder) & Mary Ann of 56 Woodhouse Lane, Horsehay and in 1901 was aged 2.

He had enlisted in the Herefordshire Regiment (4919), but at some point, had been transferred to the Welsh regiment. It was whilst serving with his new regiment that he was killed in action on the 22nd August 1917 during the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele). William’s body was never recovered and his name is recorded on the Tyne Cot Memorial Panels 93 -94.

WWI Medal Rolls Index Card

Commonwealth War Graves
Commemorated Tyne Cot Memorial

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Victory Medal	British War Medal