Langhorne, Fred

Withernsea WW1 Memorial, Queens Street. The memorial was erected in 1923 at a cost of £451, the funds for which were collected through public subscription. A service of dedication was held in 1924. Inscribed in four columns, are the names of sixty-four men killed in World War I.

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF FREDERICK AND CLARA ALICE LANGHORNE, OF 15, WAXHOLME ROAD, WITHERNSEA, HULL. SON OF A HUMBER MERCHANT CLERK. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND TWO SISTERS.

HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE 6TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/05/1918, AGED 21. HIS ARMY EFFECTS  WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, FREDERICK. HIS BROTHER SYDNEY ALSO DIED IN THE WAR

BOTH ARE COMMEMORATED ON THE WITHERNSEA WW1 MEMORIAL.


First name:
FREDERICK
Military Number:
267389
Rank:
Private
Date Died
27/05/1918
Place died:
Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France
Age:
21
15 WAXHOLME ROAD, WITHERNSEA, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK