First World War Victory Medal - Second Lieutenant James Langdale Gregory, 8th Battalion, the Yorkshire Regiment, attached to the 101st Field Company, Royal Engineers
Victory Medal - 2. LIEUT. J. L. GREGORY.
James Langdale Gregory
Second Lieutenant
8th Battalion, the Yorkshire Regiment, attached to the 101st Field Company, Royal Engineers
Killed in Action near Ypres 13th May 1917
Buried Railway Dugouts Burial Ground
Joined Public Schools Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers in February 1915, commissioned Yorkshire Regiment November 1916
Son of Reverend James and Mrs Gregory of 3 Oak Villas Bradford
Educated at Edinburgh Academy.
His parents left Edinburgh, for Bradford, in 1895, his last year at the academy, and James himself, was articled to Messrs Gordon, Hunter and Macmaster's, a well known Bradford firm of solicitors. During his student days he won many prizes for for essays and debates on legal topics. He took a top place in his final Law examination. After periods with firms in Scarborough and London he returned to practice in Bradford, and some years before the war he became partners with a Mr Henry Howe.
He was for a long time Secretary of the Local Branch of "National Society for the Prevention of cruelty to Children"
James Langdale Gregory, was elected Honorary Corresponding Secretary of the Bradford Historical and Antiquarian society in 1910, and carried out his duties until 1914, when war broke out.
On May 13th 1917, whilst he and his men were occupying a building near Ypres, an outburst of shelling from the Germans threatened them. As officer in charge, he left last, and, just as he had secured their safety, was instantly killed by a shell.
Inscription
FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH
Attended University of London
Photograph taken from British Newspaper Archive
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