BORN HULL 1885 AND RESIDED MARKET WEIGHTON. SON OF RICHARD LANGRIC (1858-1946) AND ANNIE JACKSON ( 1859 – 1937). THIRD SON AND ONE OF FOUR SONS SERVING. HE WAS A CLEVER, SOLO, CORNET PLAYER AND BAND MASTER OF THE MARKET WEIGHTON TOWN PRIZE BAND. HIS SERVICES IN ASSISTING OTHER LOCAL BANDS WAS IN HIGH DEMAND AND WELL VALUED. HE MARRIED, MABEL HARGROVES (1890-1964) AT POCKLINGTON, IN APRIL 1909. WORKED AS A TAILOR (1911 CENSUS). THEY HAD TWO SONS, RICHARD (KILLED IN EGYPT, 1940) AND ERIC LANGRICK (1912-1954).
WILLIAM LANGRICK ENLISTED SCARBOROUGH. HE SERVED WITH THE 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HAD ALREADY RECEIVED BULLET WOUNDS TO THE ARM, BEFORE BEING RETURNED TO THE TRENCHES. HE DIED OF TYPHOID FEVER, AT ST OMER HOSPITAL, ON 20/07/1915, AGED 28. BURIED IN FRANCE. HE LEFT A WIDOW AND TWO CHILDREN.
HIS REGIMENT IS SHOWN AS “EYR”, ON THE BEVERLEY MEMORIAL HALL, ROLL OF HONOUR. HIS NAME IS ALSO RECORDED ON THE MARKET WEIGHTON AND BEVERLEY WAR MEMORIAL, AT MEMORIAL GARDENS. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 31/07/1915, *
HIS ELDEST BROTHER, SAPPER, 15712, RICHARD LANGRICK, ROYAL ENGINEERS, DIED AT HOME, ON 20/11/1914, AGED 30.
