Arthur Langford

Forenames

Arthur AWMM

Surname

Langford AWMM

Service number

WWI 31419 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

3 May 1896 Military Personnel file

Address before enlistment

WW1 Hikurangi, North Auckland, Whangarei, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs Ellen Langford (mother), Hikurangi, Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 31419 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 24 Jul 1916 Military Personnel file
Age  20 AWMM
Miner/Civilian Military Personnel file

Embarkation details

WW1 15 Nov 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 68 or HMNZT 69 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti or Maunganui AWMM Private AWMM 19th Reinforcements, J Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sergeant AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion AWMM

Arthur Langford was the son of Joseph and Ellen Langford, of Staffordshire, England.

Next of Kin: Mrs Cochrane, Hikurangi, Whangarei (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

1 Sept 1918 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Bancourt British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM I. E. 1. AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Whangarei 1st World War Memorial, Rose Street, Whangarei, New Zealand AWMM
• Hikurangi School Memorial, 4 Swann Avenue, Hikurangi, Northland, New Zealand AWMM
• Hikurangi Primary School War Memorial, 4 Swan Ave, Hikurangi 0114 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18058781
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Hikurangi School Memorial
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/hikurangi-school-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/206022/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/206022
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  45: 17
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.