BORN HULL 29/10/883. SON OF WILLIAM EDWIN LANGTHORP & MARY ANN SCOTT, AT 630 HOLDERNESS ROAD. SON OF AN ESTATE AGENT AND INSURANCE CLERK. EMPLOYED AS A CLERK AND COLLECTOR. HE MARRIED AT ST ANDREW’S CHURCH, HULL, HIS WIFE, MILDRED ANNIE HEWETSON, LIVED AT 66 LEE STREET. HE JOINED THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, ON 1ST AUGUST 1916. ARRIVED I FRANCE IN DECEMBER 1916. KILLED IN ACTION, AT FRESNOY, ON 31ST OCTOBER 1917. IT WAS TWO DAYS AFTER HIS BIRTHDAY. AGED 34. BURIED AT ROCLINCOURT, FRANCE. HIS COMMANDING OFFICER, WROTE, “YOUR HUSBAND WAS A MOST EXCELLENT SOLDIER AND A MAN OF HIGH MORAL COURAGE. HE WAS HIGHLY ESTEEMED BY EVERYBODY, AND NO WORDS OF MINE CAN FULLY EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION WE FELT TOWARDS HIM.” HE LEFT A WIDOW AND TWO CHILDREN
HIS BROTHER, GEORGE LANGTHORP WAS KILLED ON 12/04/1918.
Langthorp, Thomas Arthur
First name:
THOMAS ARTHUR
Regiment:
Military Number:
26745
Rank:
Private
Date Died
31/10/1917
Place died:
Roclincourt Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
34
