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Second Lieutenant DAVID ELLAND LANGTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps

36th Coy.

Date of Death

Died 10 April 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN

III. A. 13.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of David and Elizabeth Langton, of 51, Eccles Old Rd., Pendleton, Manchester. Native of Bramhall, Cheshire.
  • Personal Inscription THE SHEARS OF FATE HAVE CUT THE TENT ROPES OF HIS LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3295
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