Lieutenant Colonel Charles Newman OC No.2 Cdo., with the No.2 Cdo., Padre.
Date: 09/11/2010
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Lance Corporal John Lang, No.11 Commando kia 9/6/1941 Litani River, Syria
[Photo courtesy of nephews, John & Gordon Leven, and niece, Heather Furnell].
Image depicts John Lang in swimming trunks with school mates from Brigg Grammar School, Lincolnshire just prior to joining the Army.
In Memory of 326577 Lance Corporal John Lang
Royal Armoured Corps and No.11 Commando
Died 09 June 1941, aged 20. Litani River, Syria.
Son of James and Mary Watt Stirling Lang; stepson of Charlotte D. Lang, of Mount Kembla, New South Wales, Australia.
Remembered with Honour at Sidon War Cemetery, Lebanese Republic.
