BILLINGHAM David

  • First Name(s):
    David 
  • Surname:
    BILLINGHAM
  • Service Number:
    15269
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    9th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    15th August 1915
  • Age At Death:
    25
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Helles Memorial, Turkey, Panel 104 to 113.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Mrs Billingham, 3 Brook Crescent, Wollescote, Stourbridge, and the late Mr Billingham

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BILLINGHAM David Is Named On These Memorials

Lye and Wollescote War Memorial
Lye Christ Church Window

Further Information About BILLINGHAM David

David Billingham came from Wollescote where his family later lived at 3 Brook Crescent in one of the early post-war council houses. He volunteered for the Worcesters and joined the 9th (Service) Battalion. After training they became part of the reinforcement for the Gallipoli expedition and landed on the 6th August 1915. They came ashore without loss but the advance off the beach-head did not gain much ground. In the fierce fighting for the ridge of the peninsula Private David Billingham was severely wounded. It seems that he was taken by ambulance ship to a military hospital but died at sea.

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Credits: Researched by The Black Country Society.