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Second Lieutenant JOHN BILLING

Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

Date of Death

Died 02 September 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VAULX HILL CEMETERY

II. G. 1.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 5th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mary Elizabeth Billing, of 7, Mariner Drive, Emm Lane, Bradford, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription I PRAYED FOR COURAGE AND GOT IT
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Buried or commemorated at

VAULX HILL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 856
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