RN CDOS Billington, Robert Edward

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Billington ​

• FORENAME

Robert Edward ​

• UNIT

R.N.V.R. No 1 LCOCU (Landing Craft Obstacle Clearance Unit) ​

• RANK

Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Distinguished Service Cross and bar ​

• PLACE

Normandy 1944 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 10.6.1917​

educated Loretto School​

educated Wye College,Kent​

joined family firm,E.Billington and Sons,animal feed producers 1939​

R.N.V.R. at HMS Eaglet,Liverpool 1939​

HMS Vindictive 1940​

1 LCOCU 1944​

rejoined family business 1946 (owner 1950-64)​

pig breeding enterprise,Matlock Bank,Derbyshire (later Wiltshire)​

married Elaine Burrell (3 daughters)​

married 2nd Ilona Morris​

died January 1999 ​

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