Billington, Robert Gerrard –

Son of Thomas Billington, headmaster of Hart Common School), and of Eva G. Billington, of 499, Wigan Road, Westhoughton, Lancashire. Formerly in the O.T.C. at Manchester Grammar School. Enlisted February 1917. Attached to Royal Engineers.

Personal details

  • Surname: Billington
  • Forename: Robert Gerrard
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Westhoughton, Lancashire
  • Place of residence: Westhoughton, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 19
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: April 9th, 1918
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Lance Corporal
  • Unit: 1st/4th (Territorial) Battalion.
  • Service number: 29078
  • Regiment: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
  • Enlistment date: Not known
  • Enlistment location: Westhoughton, Lancashire
  • Conflict: WW1

Decorations

  • Service medals: V / BW
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Brown's Road Military Cemetery, Festubert, Pas de Calais, France
  • CWGC reference: V. G. 1.

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 31/05/1918
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 6c*

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