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Second Lieutenant WHITWORTH LEONARD BILLINGTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

"Z" Special Coy.

Date of Death

Died 17 May 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MORCHIES MILITARY CEMETERY

C. 7.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Whitworth and Sarah Ann Billington, of "Tilia," Dodds Bank, Shavington, Crewe, Cheshire. Born at Horwich, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM
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Buried or commemorated at

MORCHIES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 176
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