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

John Alfred Lawrence 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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Who’s Who 1935, Published by A&C Black Limited, 1935
  2. ↑ "The Army List". google.co.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records at Ancestry.co.uk". ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Bedford Modern School of the black & red". worldcat.org. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Central Chancery of the Orders of knighthood" (PDF), The Gazette, London (33722), p. 3629, 3 June 1931
  6. ↑ "Transactions". google.co.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
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