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Military service
Age:
19
Rank:
Flight Sub Lieutenant
Force:
Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Naval Air Service
Birth:
Phillipsburg, Québec
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
June 12, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
794. (at West end, close to entrance)
Additional information
Son of Frank Willard and Florence Whitlaw Smith (née Bond), of Montreal, Quebec.
Additional citations
Distinguished Service Cross
Digital gallery of Flight Sub Lieutenant Langley Frank Willard Smith
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Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping (2)
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Grave marker
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Grave marker
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Personal Inscription
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Grave Marker
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CWGC sign
Sign on the communal cemetry of Houtave -
Photo of Langley Smith
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Photo of Langley Smith
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Photo of LANGLEY FRANK WILLARD SMITH
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Memorial
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Newspaper clipping
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Newspaper clipping
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 581 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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HOUTAVE CHURCHYARD Belgium
The village of Houtave is located west of the city of Brugge (Bruges) on the N9 which runs between Brugge and Oostende. Driving from Brugge follow the N9 to the village of Houtave. On entering the village take the first turning left called Kapellestraat. Then take the first turning left into Pastoriestraat, the church is at the end of this street. The grave is located at the right hand front side of the church.
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