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Military service
Service number:
823145
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Birth:
November 1, 1888
Holmes Chapel, Crewe, England
Enlistment:
London, Ontario
Death:
May 28, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. C. 2.
Additional information
Son of Samuel and Hannah Elizabeth Billington, of London, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Samuel James Billington
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Photo of Samuel James Billington
Enlisted in the 142nd Battalion December 7, 1915. Transferred to the 18th Battalion. Killed near Vimy Ridge. -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Samuel James Billington
Photograph of this soldier with his sisters. Florence (l), Samuel (c), Allice Billington (r) circa 1910-15. -
Photo of Samuel James Billington
Samuel "Jim" Billington with his sister, Alice, summer of 1916. -
Photo of Samuel James Billington
Original grave marker. -
Photo of Samuel James Billington
News clipping.
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Private Samuel James Billington
Digital gallery of
Private Samuel James Billington
Digital gallery of
Private Samuel James Billington
Digital gallery of
Private Samuel James Billington
Digital gallery of
Private Samuel James Billington
Digital gallery of
Private Samuel James Billington
Digital gallery of
Private Samuel James Billington
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 201 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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