BORN FORT WILLIAM, INVERNESS 1893. LIVED IN HULL. SON OF WILLIAM & J LANGHORNE ABOVE. ORIGINAL HULL PAL. DIED OF WOUNDS.
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE JAMES WILLIAM LANGHORN 11/737. Born in Fort William, Scotland in 1893 James was the eldest of three children and only son of William and Jane Langhorn of 50 Rosemead Street, Newbridge Road, Hull. A Steam Crane Operator before the war, James enlisted at Hull City Hall on 9th September 1914 joining the 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, ‘The Tradesmen’, 2nd Hull Pals. A member of ‘D’ Company he served first in Egypt before arriving in France in early March 1916. Wounded on the Somme James was shipped back to Blighty but died at 2.15am on 22nd November 1916 at 3rd Northern General Hospital in Sheffield; he’d had a gunshot wound to the neck and had contracted meningitis. In a sad and telling sentence on the telegram, the army informed his parents: “There are no personal belongings to forward to you.” There was literally nothing left of him. James is buried in St.Peter’s Churchyard, Howden; he was 23 years old.
Langhorne, James William
First name:
JAMES WILLIAM
Military Number:
11/737
Rank:
Private
Date Died
22/11/1916
Place died:
Howden Cemetery, Yorkshire, UK
Age:
23
50 , ROSMEAD STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
