Database Langton / Lengton / Lington - Heil - Rahder » Willem Lengton (1917-1944)

Personal data Willem Lengton 

  • He was born on April 4, 1917 in Zwolle.Source 1
  • Profession: kantoorbediende.
  • Fact: (vermelding) from 1940 till 1944 Leider KP Soest (knokploeg).Source 2
    Overval op Distributiekantoor Amersfoort (1944)
    Immens tragisch is dat Lengton het leven liet als indirect gevolg van de overval waarvan hij zelf het risico signaleerde, en waarvoor hij met zijn bonnenaanbod de noodzaak weggenomen had. Hij ligt begraven op de Erebegraafplaats in Bloemendaal.
  • He died on April 14, 1944 in Scheveningen, he was 27 years old.Source 3
    Oorzaak: gefusilleerd
  • He is buried in Overveen.Source 4
  • A child of Antonie Lengton and Jacoba Dijkstra
  • This information was last updated on March 12, 2012.

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    Sources

    1. BR ZwolleGezinskaarten
    2. De Anti Fascist, mei 2007
    3. BS overlijden Den Haag, aktenr. 1282
    4. Erebegraafplaats Overveen, vak 22

    Historical events

    Birthday April 4, 1917

    • The temperature on April 4, 1917 was between -1.0 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
      • May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
      • July 28 » The Silent Parade took place in New York City, in protest to murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans.
      • July 31 » World War I: The Battle of Passchendaele begins near Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium.
      • November 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.
      • November 26 » The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
      • December 6 » Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time.

    Day of death April 14, 1944

    • The temperature on April 14, 1944 was between 8.4 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
      • January 4 » World War II: Operation Carpetbagger, involving the dropping of arms and supplies to resistance fighters in Europe, begins.
      • April 28 » World War II: Nine German E-boats attacked US and UK units during Exercise Tiger, the rehearsal for the Normandy landings, killing 946.
      • August 16 » First flight of a jet with forward-swept wings, the Junkers Ju 287.
      • October 8 » World War II: Captain Bobbie Brown earns a Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Crucifix Hill, just outside Aachen.
      • October 20 » Liquefied natural gas leaks from storage tanks in Cleveland and then explodes, leveling 30 blocks and killing 130 people.
      • October 21 » World War II: The first kamikaze attack damages HMASAustralia as the Battle of Leyte Gulf begins.
    

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