Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Robert Bishop a Shoe Rivetter, born 1868 in Mountsorrel, Leics., and his wife Harriet, born 1869 in Mountsorrel, Leics. Langham was born in 1894 in Mountsorrel, Leics., his siblings were Florence, born 1887, William, born 1889, Robert, born 1891 and John Thomas born 1892, the latter four siblings were all born in Mountsorrel, Leics., Harriet, born 1897 and Elizabeth Ann, born 1901, the latter two siblings were both born in Anstey, Leics., in March 1901 the family home was at Cropston Road, Anstey, Leics., in the Ecclesiastical Parish of Anstey, St. Mary. In April 1911 Langham was employed as a Boot Pressman, and was residing in the family home at Cropston Road, Anstey, Leics., together with his parents and siblings, Robert, John, Harriet, Elizabeth and Walter Leaton, born 1905 in Anstey, Leics. His elder brother John Thomas also fell in action.