Formerly King’s Liverpool Regiment. Gazetted temporary Lieutenant Colonel July 1915, commanding 4th/5th Bn., Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Relinquished this commission January 1917 due to ill-health, being unable to accompany the Bn. overseas. Proceeded to command a home service Bn. of the Bedfordshire Regiment. Previously served as a Lieutenant on the General Staff in the South African Campaign.
Lang-Sims, John Henry –
Personal details
- Surname: Lang-Sims
- Forename: John Henry
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Not known
- Place of residence: Not known
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: Not known
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: Not known
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Unit: Not known
- Service number: Not known
- Regiment: Bedfordshire Regiment
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Not known
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- CWGC Memorial: Not known
- CWGC reference: Not known
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 30/07/1915 30/07/1915 22/10/1915 31/12/1915 07/01/1916 02/02/1917 09/02/1917
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 5f 5h* 6c-f* 6e 5e 6f 6c
- Bolton Chronicle: 23/11/1917
- Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 30/07/1915