Nickname:
Sam
Date of birth:
Thursday, 3 October 1895
Marital status:
married Louisa Douglas
Ethnicity/Nationality:
English
Profession:
seaman
Hometown(s):
Toronto, Ontario; Houghton Le Spring, Durham, England; Lancaster, England
Date of immigration to Canada:
Sunday, 24 June 1928
Date of Immigration to Canada:
deported in 1931
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Great Britain
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-01-00 via Britain
1937-01-18 - arrived via Albacete
Unit:
British Battalion; Service de correos (post office); Service de sanidad; Commissar in hospital
Final status:
WIA 12 February 1937 at Jarama; Survived; returned December 1938; d. 1968
Other:
The Canadian Labour Defence League stopped Langley from being deported in 1929 on disorderly conduct charges levelled for participating in a free speech demonstration. The deportation order was reactivated and he was deported from Canada in 1931.
Sources:
HC
