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Trooper Langford Wild was born in Beverley in 1892, the son of James and Mary Wild of Holme Church Lane, Beverley. He was baptised at Beverley Methodist Church in Mar 1892. James was a coal merchant, sailing as a Master on the keels on the waterways. Langford was employed for six years as an accountant’s clerk, working for Messrs Scott accountants in Hull.
Langford joined the regular army in 1913 serving in the 2nd Life Guard Brigade of the Household Cavalry with regiment number 2877. In Aug 1914, the 2nd Life Guards, along with the 1st Life Guards and the Royal Horse Guards, joined the 7th Cavalry Brigade and the 3rd Cavalry Division and left England immediately to fight in France and Flanders. His widowed mother received a letter from Reverende A H Boyd, Chaplain of the 3rd Cavalry Division, advising her that Langford had been mortally wounded in the trenches on 6 Feb 1915, shortly before his 23rd birthday. He is buried in Ramparts Cemetery, Lille Gate.
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