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George Langlands
Royal Navy HMS Collingwood
from:Glasgow, Scotland
My father, George Langlands passed away in 1989. As a child I remember seeing WW2 medals. Dad never talked about WW2 as it upset him. I recently came across a photo of his when he was in the navy.
On the back of the photo I found names.
TA Freeman, F Littlejohn, R Andrews, K O'Toole 204 Gordon Rd Alfred St Nottingham, A Wallis, Jas Cunningham, EW Hayes, RS Lekovitch,D Baahly, Geoffrey Riten, K Hambridge, PW Boothroy, G Hairath (Blesides), J Williams, H Fox, LJ Wright, AJ Green, KG Taylor, K Glach, WT Arnold CPO H.M.S Collingwood Class 5 Hut.1. M.T. DIVISION 4/4/44 TO 19/5/44. Some of the names might be incorrect as the signatures are hard to read. He was born in Glasgow and aised in Canadia by his mother Georgetta Gordon Langlands. That is all the information I can find about my Dad. I never found his medals after he passed away. I think he got rid of them. His childhood and the war had been hard on him so he never told me anything. I am now aged 57 years and this is the beginning of finding information about my Dad. I would appreciate any information or links to sites as I would like to leave the information to my grand daughter. I love my Dad and I miss him terribly.