Lieut. Arthur Chudleigh Beaumont Langton
(1912-1942)

Lieut. Arthur Chudleigh Beaumont Langton

Born: 2 Mar 1912, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Died: 27 Nov 1942, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria aged 30
Buried: 1942, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria

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bullet Death Notes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Langton
He was killed in an accident in Nigeria aged 30.

And

National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT NAB
SOURCE MSCE
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 0
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 36090/1942
PART 1
DESCRIPTION LANGTON, ARTHUR BEAUMONT CHUDLEIGH. (UNMARRIED).
STARTING 1942
ENDING 1943

bullet Burial Notes:

MAIDUGURI CEMETERY

The cemetery is in the town of Maiduguri. It is on the Circular Road, about 1 kilometre from Government House. There are 8 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here. There is also 1 Polish Foreign National burial.

LANGTON, Lieutenant, A B C, 117616. South African Air Force. 27th November 1942. Age 30. Son of Arthur H. Langton and Alice E. M. Langton, of Isipingo Beach, Natal, South Africa European Sec. Coll. grave 2

http://www.southafricawargraves.org/lists/nigeria.html

bullet Sources of information or noted events in his life were:

• Web Based Info. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Langton

And

http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/657/657.htmll

• Sporting History. Played cricket for South Africa (15 Tests).
http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/46132.htmll

• Military Service. Flight-Lieut.
http://www.lostlangtons.co.uk/other/langton/humogen/family.php?id=F2605&main_person=I5698

• Obituary. Arthur Chudleigh Beaumont "Chud" Langton

1912 - 1942

Arthur Chudleigh Beaumont Langton, best known as Chud, was born on 02 March 1912 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal.

He was a South African cricketer who played in 15 Tests from 1935 to 1939. Jack Fingleton rated him amongst the best medium-paced bowlers he ever saw and held his magnificent run-out of Darling in 1935 in similarly lofty regard.

Sadly Langton passed away on 27 November 1942 in Maiduguri, Nigeria, in an accident in at the age of 30 years old while serving with the South African Air Force.
http://remembered.co.za/obituary/view/29634

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