Solomon Ottolangui

(Sydney Langley)

1913 - 2010

Army number: 1650285

Date enlisted: 16th September 1940

Rank: Sergeant and Corporal 

Regiment 1: Royal Fusiliers - Small Arms Instructor.

Regiment 2: Royal Artillery - 183 Anti Aircraft Rocket Battery.

Regiment 3: No. 2 Parachute Regiment R.T.C - Physical training instructor.

Date of discharge: 27th February 1946

Army records: “....plenty of personality and turnout is first class. Only fault...short stature”.

“A reliable and hardworking man who is keen and intelligent.

Used to taking responsibility and experienced in handling men. Absolutely honest and trustworthy, of clean habits. Pleasant personality and smart appearance. He is a thoroughly dependable man in every way”.

At the beginning of the war, Syd served in the Auxiliary Fire Service during the first German bombing raids on London. The first photograph is from early 1940 in AFS uniform. The second photo is as a corporal in the Royal Fusiliers dress uniform.