Author talk:Frederick Oswald Langley

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 * https://wolverhamptonswar.wordpress.com/2017/11/28/frederick-oswald-langley/

Frederick was born in Wolverhampton in 1883, the son of Frederick Theobald and Eleanor M. Langley. In 1901, he was a boarder at “The Hall”, Uppingham School House, Rutland. By 1911, he was with his parents at Claregate, Tettenhall, and sisters Winifred Olive Langley and Eleanor Gwladys Layton. Frederick was a barrister. In 1912, he married Muriel Janet Lewis in Wolverhampton. The couple had four children – James Maydon (1916), Dorothy M. (1917), Barbara H. M. (1917) and Ralph G. (1919).

Frederick enlisted in the South Staffordshire Regiment, becoming Lieutenant, Captain and Major. He was awarded the Military Cross in 1916 as part of the King’s Birthday Honour. On 4 January 1917, the Express & Star announced that his name “appears in the Intelligence Corps’ list”. The same article also notes that his brother-in-law, husband of Eleanor Gwladys, Geoffrey Layton, had also been promoted in the Royal Navy Frederick survived the war, and died on 22 January 1947 in Woodbridge, Suffolk. The value of his effects was £28588 13s.

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 * http://www.stgitehistory.org.uk/media/langley.html

census
Name 	Frederick Oswald Langley Age in 1911 	27 Relation to Head 	Son Gender 	Male Birth Place 	Wolverhampton, Staffordshire Civil parish 	Tettenhall County/Island 	Staffordshire Street Address 	Clare Gate, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire Marital Status 	Single Occupation 	Barrister Registration District Number 	369 Sub-registration district 	Tettenhall ED, institution, or vessel 	01 Piece 	16977 Household Members (Name) 	Age 	Relationship Frederick Theobald Langley 58  Head Eleanor Gwladys Langley 29  Daughter Frederick Oswald Langley 	27 	Son Winifred Olive Langley 25  Daughter Winifred Eleanor Hayton 1  Grandchild Jane Emily Whitfield 26  Servant Mary Hall 26  Servant Louisa Burns 20  Servant Elizabeth Matthews 36  Visitor
 * 1911 England

probate
Name 	Frederick Oswald Langley, M.C., of Alderton, Woodbridge Death Date 	22 Jan 1947 Death Place 	Suffolk, England Probate Date 	28 May 1947 Probate Registry 	Birmingham, England
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1939 Register
Name 	Frederick O Langley Gender 	Male Marital Status 	Married Birth Date 	9 May 1883 Residence Date 	1939 Address 	23 Residence Place 	Baldock, Hertfordshire, England Occupation 	Metropolitan Magistrate Line Number 	4 Schedule Number 	68 Sub Schedule Number 	3 Enumeration District 	Deaj Borough 	Baldock Registration district 	136/1 Household Members (Name) 	Gender George Charles Male Mary Charles Female Frederick O Langley 	Male Muriel J Langley Female Dorothy F Wright Female

obituary
Name 	Frederick Oswald Langley Gender 	Male Death Age 	63 Residence Place 	Woodbridge, Suffolk Obituary Date 	25 Jul 1947 Obituary Place 	Lichfield, Staffordshire, England Newspaper Title 	The Lichfield Mercury
 * The Lichfield Mercury; Publication Date: 25 Jul 1947; Publication Place: Lichfield, Staffordshire, England; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/797500669/?article=2b04f945-32a8-481e-aa5d-7a0de3da9ac6&focus=0.5707934,0.28732193,0.7079147,0.3356651&xid=3355

birth
Name 	Frederick Oswald Langley Registration Date 	1883 Jun. Q. Registration Place 	Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England Volume 	6b Page 	585
 * FreeBMD

baptism
Name 	Frederick Oswald Langley Baptism Date 	5 Jun 1883 Baptism Place 	Wolverhampton, St Peter, Staffordshire, England Religion 	Anglican Father 	Frederick Theobald Langley Mother 	Eleanor Marianne Langley Page number 	335
 * Staffordshire Anglican Parish Registers. Stafford, Staffordshire, England: Indexes created from Anglican Parish Registers held at Staffordshire Record Office.