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Flight Lieutenant WILLIAM LAURIE LANG

Service Number: 72296
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 27 October 1941

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GRENDON UNDERWOOD (ST. LEONARD) CHURCHYARD

United Kingdom

Famous Sportsmen Headstones, athletics: Flight Lieut W L Lang in Grendon Underwood (St. Leonard) Churchyard, Buckinghamshire, UK - former Oxford University Athletics President (personal inscription reads 'A Talented Athlete')

Photographer: Ian Small

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Photographer: Malcolm Caudren

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Winifred Lang; husband of Frances Lang, of Grendon Underwood. B.A. Hons. (Oxon).
  • Personal Inscription A TALENTED ATHLETE A LOVING HUSBAND AND FATHER A BRAVE AND FREE SPIRIT
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Buried or commemorated at

GRENDON UNDERWOOD (ST. LEONARD) CHURCHYARD
Buckinghamshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 1
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