Second Lieutenant William Anthony Langsdale

Army Number: n/a (formerly Sergeant 1945, Royal Fusiliers)

Battalion: 12th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Awards: Military Medal, Mentioned in Despatches.

Son of Dennis William and Eliza Jane Langsdale, of 51, Sandon Street, New Basford, Nottingham. He went to France on 4th May 1916 and was killed in action on 22nd March 1918, aged 21.

De Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour, 1914-1918

Buried: London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval, France. Plot 3. Row B. Grave 15.

London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval, France.

Second Lieutenant William Anthony Langsdale is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Augustine’s Church War Memorial New Basford, Nottinghamshire.
St. Andrew’s Church War Memorial Nottingham.
Hight Pavement Unitarian Church War Memorial, Nottingham.