Lookup Request: Charles William Langton, Portsea, b. 1868

[[Ray]]

Hi

There is also an inbound Charles Langton in 1937

Mr Charles Langton
Birth Date:    abt 1873
Age:    64
Port of Departure:    Durban, South Africa
Arrival Date:    17 Oct 1937
Port of Arrival:    Southampton, England
Ports of Voyage:    Durban
[Beira]
[Dar es Salaam]
[Mombasa]
Ship Name:    Usambara
Shipping Line:    Deutsche Ost Afrika Linie

Ray

[petercornish]

Hi Joel,

Found Charles snr in 1901 with his daughter Lavinia at 71 Unicorn Street, Portsmouth (Ref.RG13/992 F99 P30)  -
Charles LANGTON, wid,  77, Naval Pensioner, Newbury, Berks.
Lavinia SANDFORD, dau, 23, Portsmouth.
Gertrude SANDFORD, G'dau, 3, Portsmouth. 

Lavinia's marriage to William Andrew SANFORD was registered September quarter 1896 Portsea. (Ref.2b/963).

A death is registered for a Charles SANDFORD age84, June quarter 1910 Portsmouth (Ref.2b/284).

Regards   ...   Peter

[snowathlete]

thanks Ray.

Peter, thanks for the Sanford link. This is new, we dont know much about her or even that she was married, so this is a nice new avenue to explore too.

[crimea1854]

Hi

The National Archives have in their main catalogue a RM service record for Charles Langton, born Newbury, who enlisted in 1843, aged 19, and who left the service in 1865 (ADM 157/452/152). It is possible that he served on HMS Rodney during the Crimean War, because there is a RM private of this name who was present at the seige of Sebastopol and Battle of Balaklava as part of the Royal Marine Naval Brigade; the service record would confirm this.

Also the NA's online catalogue has Charles William Langton's Royal Navy service record, which can be downloaded (£3.50).

Martin

[snowathlete]

Hi Crimea1854,

This is certainly him, because family history is that he was awarded a medal for Sebastopol, and two other battles.

Thanks for pointing out the service record is online. Thats excellent, I will get it!

Best
Joel

[crimea1854]

Joel

The RM record can be ordered, but it takes about 3 weeks to come through.

Martin

[snowathlete]

so the service record and the RM record are different things?

[crimea1854]

Yes. The first is the Royal Marine service record of Charles Snr., the second is the Navy service record of Charles William.

Out of interest the medals issued to men on HMS Rodney were one of only four ships to receive their Crimea medals officially named. I've checked the list of known surviving medals, and Charles  name is not amongst them. However, in my own medal collection I have four such medals to men not on this list, so who knows it might still be held by another member of the family!

Martin

[snowathlete]

So I bought Charles Langtons Sr's service record from the NA online, and this is what is said:

Names in Full: Charles Langton
DOB: 7 July 1825
Place of Birth: Westbury, Berks (perhaps a mistake for Newbury)
Height: 5.8 (I think)
Hair: Sandy
Eyes: Blue
Complexion: not sure what is says
Wounds: None
Trade: not sure what is says
Ships Served in: Crocodile
Rating: Hospital Nurse
Period of Service: 1 Jan 73-15 May 78
Charachter: V.G.
Discharge: Shore (?)

So presumably he has a RM service record too, from before this period. How do i go about ordering that?
I'll look up his son Charles William's record in a moment.

Regarding the medals whereabouts - i'm looking into it and will let you know what I discover.

Best
Joel