Trafford

Born in Manchester in 1889, the son of Edward Henry & Ada Langdon.  No
trace of any birth registration for either him or his elder brother.

1891 Census - Sunny Oaks, Oak Drive, Rushulme, Manchester.    Son - aged: 2
- born: Manchester.      Head of household - Edward H. Langdon - Married -
aged: 37 - occ: Shipping Merchant - born: Manchester.    Also - Ada Langdon
- Wife - aged: 33 - born: Manchester.     Plus 2 siblings and 4 servants.

1901 Census -  131 Palatine Road, Withington, Manchester.    Son - aged: 12
- born: Manchester.    Head of household - Edward H. Langdon - Married -
aged: 47 - occ: Shipping Merchant - born: Manchester.    Also - Ada Langdon
- Wife - aged: 33 (actually 43) - born: Manchester.    Plus 2 siblings, 1
visitor and 4 servants.

1911 Census - No Trace.    His elder brother - Geoffrey Harry Langdon was
residing with his aunt at 7 Mossley Hill Drive, Sefton Park Liverpool.   

Barrister, Inner Temple - Scholar of Rugby (Whitelaw's) & New College,
Oxford.

A member of the Reform Club, 104 Pall Mall, London.

Listed simply as Wilfred Langdon on the Roll of Honour.

The 10th Cheshires had arrived in France in September 1915, but had not
been involved in any major battles.   The Battalion went back into the
line, on 20th April 1915, relieving the 8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters
near Mont St Eloi, a small village, 8 kilometres north west of of Arras.  
The town is named after the nearby hill.   The next day (the 21st May) was
Good Friday and the Battalion's War Diary only records that the weekend was
"quiet".

M.I. - "Aged 27.  Born Manchester.  Scholar Rugby School and New College,
Oxford".

Listed in the Guardian Year Book - Roll of Honour for 1917, which states
that he lived at "Silverlands", Bowdon.   Not commemorated in "The History
of th the Cheshire Regiment in the Great War".

Commemorated on a plaque in the Prayer House of the Jewish Section at
Manchester (Southern) Cemetery.  Listed as Wilfrid Max Langdon, not
Wilfred.

His father was a member of the Manchester Reform Club, 81 King Street,
Manchester.