Langdon, Lawrence Burnell
- Township: Embro & West Zorra
- Rank: Sapper
- Branch: Royal Canadian Engineers, 7th Field Company
- Regiment number: B40057
- Where born: Govan, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Date of death: March 28, 1943
- Burial location: Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, England
- Wars Served: World War II
- Years of service: February 1942- March 28, 1943
- Country enlisted with: Canada
Biography
Lawrence Burnell Langdon was born in Govan, Sask., son of Richard and Eleanor (Rutherford) Langdon. When he was 10 the family moved to Lot 13, Concession 8 West Zorra Township. In February 1942, in Toronto, he enlisted with the Royal Canadian Engineers. He took courses in Toronto and Peterborough and Camp at Petawawa before going overseas in June 1942. A sapper, he was posted to a reinforcement unit of the RCE, which played a role at Dieppe. He was killed on March 28, 1943, when he stepped on a landmine in England. He was buried in the Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surrey, England.