Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Pair: Second Lieutenant J. J. Langford, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 15 September 1916
British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. J. J. Langford.) nearly extremely fine

Pair: Second Lieutenant W. G. Langford, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 15 September 1916
British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. W. G. Langford.) nearly extremely fine (4) £300-£400

John Joseph Langford was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps ands served with the 18th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 2 May 1916. He was killed in action on 15 September 1916, and is buried in Bulls Road Cemetery, Flers, France.

W. G. Langford, brother of the above, was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps ands served with the 18th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 2 May 1916. He died of wounds on 27 June 1916, and is buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, France.