FATHER OF 25 WHO FOUGHT
It was an astonishing record that was disclosed of a married man, aged fiftythree, in Preston County Count. Lang by name, belonging to the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, and father of twenty-five children, he was called up as a Reservist at the outbreak of war, and afterwards served on five battlefronts—France, Palestine
Salonika. Bulgaria and Italy. Throughout the wa r he was unwounded. Two of his sons, both of the Loyal North Lancs, were killed early in the war. Another son. in the Boots Guards, has been, wounded, while James, a sergeant in the Loyal North Lancs, is still serving^ Ho was highly conplimeutcd by the judge.
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Taihape Daily Times, 23 May 1919, Page 8
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112FATHER OF 25 WHO FOUGHT Taihape Daily Times, 23 May 1919, Page 8
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