John Alfred Lawrence Billingham
Colonel John Alfred Lawrence Billingham CBE FRICS (1868–1955) was Chief Inspector of Works at the War Office (1928–1933).[1][2]
Life
[edit]Billingham was born in 1868 in Newport, Monmouthshire, the son of Alfred Billingham, an accountant, and his wife Thomasine.[1][3] He was educated at Bedford Modern School.[1][4]
In 1890 Billingham joined the staff of the Royal Engineers as a surveyor.[1][3] He became Chief Inspector of Works at the War Office (1928–1933). He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire on 3 June 1931[5] and was a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, London.[1][6]
Billingham was interested in horticulture and photography.[1] He married Florence, the daughter of James Barter, JP; they had one son and two daughters.[1] His wife predeceased him. Billingham died on 21 March 1955 in Surbiton, Surrey.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "Billingham, Col John Alfred Lawrence, (1868–21 March 1955)". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U234750. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1.
- ^ Army, Great Britain (May 1933). "The Army List". google.co.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
- ^ a b c "Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records at Ancestry.co.uk". ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- ^ Bedford Modern School of the black & red. OCLC 16558393. Retrieved 7 July 2015 – via worldcat.org.
- ^ "Central Chancery of the Orders of knighthood" (PDF), The Gazette, no. 33722, London, p. 3629, 3 June 1931
- ^ "Transactions". google.co.uk. 1931. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
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