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HMS Vanguard 19101891:
John Haw, 26, boiler maker assistant, b Cambs
Elenor, 39, b Linton
Florie, 3, b Cambridge
Percy John, 1, b Cambridge
Albert, 4 mos, b Cambridge
Fred Lanham, [stepson], 18, printers assistant, b Cambridge
Ernest, [stepson], 16, printers assistant, b Cambridge
Harry, [stepson], 14, printers assistant, b Cambridge
Willie, [stepson], 10, b Cambridge
Arthur, [stepson, 7, b Cambridge
Sidney, [stepson], 5, b Cambridge
Harry Lanham: Leading Seaman 180373, HMS Vanguard, Royal Navy. Lost when the dreadnought blew up at anchor in Scapa Flow 9th July 1917. No known grave. Commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent, Panel 21. Also listed on Milton Memorial and Cambridge Guildhall and also Cambridge St Philips (St Paul’s Roll of Honour)
In 1881 the Langham [sic] family were at 17 Brandon Place but in 1885 David Lanham died. His widow remarried. In 1910 Harry married in Blanche and in 1911 the two are living in Chatham Kent. HMS Vanguard sunk from an internal explosion and is now a war grave.
1913:
Richard Chiddenton
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