BORN HULL 1896. FIFTH SON OF LEONARD LANGRICK (1861-1914) AND ELIZABETH BRANTON (1862-1959), OF 43 ROSE STREET, AND 7 CORNWALL GARDENS, BRUNSWICK AVENUE, HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A LABOURER, LIVING AT 59 FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 16/11/1914, AGED 19. HE JOINED THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT – THE “HULL SPORTSMEN” PALS BATTALION. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 8 INCHES TALL, 35 INCH CHEST, 139 LBS WEIGHT, ‘GOOD’ PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT, AND ‘GOOD’ CHARACTER. TRAINED AT BEVERLEY AND RIPON, IN YORKSHIRE. LEFT DEVON PORT, FOR PORT SAID, ON 16/12/1915. SERVED IN EGYPT AND ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 08/03/1916. PROMOTED TO SERGEANT, ON 11/09/1916. TOOK PART IN THE ATTACK ON THE VILLAGE OF SERRE. HE DIED OF WOUNDS IN A GERMAN TRENCH ON THE 14/11/1916.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, WHO MOVED TO 56 SPRING BANK, HULL. MOTHER HAD ALREADY LOST A BROTHER, A SON AND SON IN LAW, DURING THE WAR. SHE HAD THREE OTHER SONS SERVING, ONE OF WHICH WAS WOUNDED.
L/CPL. THOMAS HENRY LANGRICK, ARMY SERVICE CORPS, LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS & SGT. FRED LANGRICK, EYR AT NO:14 GRANVILLE AVENUE, HOLMES STREET. A PHOTO OF SGT. LEONARD LANGRICK APPEARS IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, 7TH APRIL 1917. * (NAME SPELT LANRICH)
HIS BROTHER, ALFRED WILLIAM LANGRICK, EYR, DIED OF WOUNDS, IN HULL, IN 1918, AGED 21.
