THE SUDAN CAMPAIGN 1896-1908
During the Great War he served with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in the Western Desert, in the campaign against the Senussi Arabs, and mentioned in despatches for 'work connected with the situation in the Sudan created by the War’. He received his Brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel in June 1919, three months after being appointed to the second class of the Order of the Nile. From December 1919 to April 1920 he took part in the operations to pacify the Garjak Nuer tribe in the Eastern Nuer District of the Upper Nile. In December 1919 they raided their neighbours, the Burun, who were quite peacefully inclined. To prevent the troubles from spreading to the Lau Nuer two strong columns were sent out, the Northern commanded by Major G. C. Gobden, 9th Lancers, and the Southern commanded by Major C. R. K. Bacon, O.B.E., The Queen's Regiment. Operations continued until the end of April 1920. This was to be Cameron’s last active military service in the Sudan. He retired on 5 September 1921 with the substantive rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and returned to live in Nairn. In November 1924 his father died, at the age of 79, and Angus Cameron inherited the family home of Firhall. He was a member of the local Home Guard during the Second World War. He died at the age of 89 on 7 January 1961.
With a folder containing extensive research with some photographs.
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The Great War D.S.O. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel F. J. Langdon, King's Own Liverpool Regiment, who fought at the battle of Gedid
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER, G.V.R.; BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Major F. J. Langdon); KHEDIVE’S SUDAN 1896-1908, 2 clasps, Sudan 1899, Gedid (Capt. F. J. Langdon, The King’s (L’pool) Regt.); FRENCH CROIX DE GUERRE, with bronze star, good very fine (5)
£1600-1800
D.S.O. London Gazette 3 June 1918. M.I.D. London Gazette 30 January 1900 (Pursuit and defeat of the Khalifa; battle of Gedid); 11 December 1917; 1 January 1918. Croix de Guerre London Gazette 7 October 1919.
Francis John Langdon was born on 18 August 1873, at Clifton, Bristol. He was educated at Waymouth College and was commissioned as Second Lieutenant in 3/4th King’s (Liverpool) Regiment (Militia) on 17 October 1891, becoming Lieutenant in April 1893. He transferred to a commission in the 1st King’s Liverpool Regiment at the end of that year. He was attached to the Egyptian Army from March 1899 to March 1901, and held the rank of Bimbashi with XIIIth Sudanese under Maxse Bey, taking part in the pursuit and defeat of the Khalifa in 1899 and at the battle of Gedid (Um Debeykarat).
He returned to the King's Liverpool Regiment in March 1901, retired in April 1910 and was transferred to Reserve of Officers. Mobilized in September 1914 to the 11th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment, he transferred to the Army Service Corps in November 1914 and raised the 21st Divisional Train which he commanded until 7 December 1914.
He was employed on Staff Duties from 23 January 1915 to 20 December 1918, being appointed D.A.Q.M.G. to the 62nd Division. Promoted to Major in January 1916, he served in France and Belgium from 2 January 1917 to 11 November 1918. He was appointed A.Q.M.G to 7 Corps on 22 September 1918, and held a temporary appointment to H.Q. 4th Army as Liaison Officer with II American Corps in October 1918. In December 1918 he went to Base H.Q. at Havre as temporary Lieutenant-Colonel when A.Q.M.G., and was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel on 28 May 1919, transferring to the unemployed list the following day. With a folder containing some copied research.
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