Langham Remembers Them By Brenda Burdett
Published in 2014 by Langham Village History Group
ISBN 978190097041
Price £5.00
Available from Rutland County Museum, local book shops, or the Group’s website
The Langham book was created as part of an Arts Council England funded project to
increase engagement with the museums and heritage of Rutland. In this it succeeds not by
just repeating the work of George Phillips in Rutland and the Great War, but by drawing
upon folk memory within the village, and additional material, to give a more
comprehensive record of those men from Langham who fought in the First World War.
Indeed, this is a much more complete and interesting record than ever Phillips attained. It
gives a contextual background to the war itself before giving an illustrated biography of
each soldier, including one not mentioned on the war Memorial. In the concluding pages of
this small handsomely produced fifty-four page hardback, the story of the construction and
dedication of the Langham war memorial is recorded together with a list of those who lost
their lives in the Second World War. This surely is the next project for Rutland villages: to
record the lives of service men and women from the local community who served in the
Second World War and who don't have a book such as Rutland and the Great War, or indeed
sometimes any village war Memorial to commemorate them.
Hilary J Crowden
Langham Remembers Them By Brenda Burdett
Published in 2014 by Langham Village History Group
ISBN 978190097041
Price £5.00
Available from Rutland County Museum, local book shops, or the Group’s website
The Langham book was created as part of an Arts Council England funded project to
increase engagement with the museums and heritage of Rutland. In this it succeeds
not by just repeating the work of George
Phillips in Rutland and the Great War, but
by drawing upon folk memory within the
village, and additional material, to give a
more comprehensive record of those men
from Langham who fought in the First
World War.
Indeed, this is a much more complete and
interesting record than ever
Phillips attained. It gives a contextual
background to the war itself before giving
an illustrated biography of each soldier,
including one not mentioned on the war
Memorial. In the concluding pages of this small handsomely produced fifty-four page
hardback, the story of the construction and dedication of the Langham war memorial
is recorded together with a list of those who lost their lives in the Second World War.
This surely is the next project for Rutland villages: to record the lives of service men
and women from the local community who served in the Second World War and who
don't have a book such as Rutland and the Great War, or indeed sometimes any
village war Memorial to commemorate them.
Hilary J Crowden