In memory of

Major

Reginald Townsend Lang

who died on 17 Dec 1943

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit Royal Canadian Artillery
  Rank Major
  Service number ------
  Date of death 19431217
  Cause of death died of wounds
Narrative history
  Major (77th Battery, 3 Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery) Reginald Townsend Lang (b.1908) of Saskatoon died 19431217 of wounds received tswo days earlier and is buried at Moro River Canadian war cemetery, Ortona, Chieti, Italy. He was the son of Mary R.G. Owen of Babylon, Suffolk Co., New York. Reginald was educated at Moose Jaw and the University of Saskatchewan and operated a decorating business at Saskatoon from 1929, leaving a wife Alice Gwenllyn (Griffiths) and a son Barry and daughter Shirley who later moved to Ottawa, Ontario. He enlisted at Saskatoon six days before Canada declared war.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 344 - Corman Park
  Cemetery or memorial location Moro River Canadian war cemetery, Ortona, Chieti, Italy    

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  Honour roll location(s) ------
  Geo-memorial Lang Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 56.7667°N / 107.35°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74B14
  Geo-memorial details Southeast of Black Birch Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19081014
  Place of birth Babylon, Suffolk Co, New York    
  Date of enlistment 19390904
  Place of enlistment Saskatoon    
  Residence on enlistment Saskatoon    
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