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'''Harry Billinge''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}} ( |
'''Harry Billinge''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}} (1925/1926 – 5 April 2022) was a British soldier. |
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Billinge served as a [[sapper]] with the 44 [[Royal Engineers|Royal Engineer]] Commandos during the [[Normandy landings]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Middleton |first=Joe |date=5 April 2022 |title=D-Day veteran Harry Billinge dies aged 96 as daughter pays tribute |work=[[The Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/harry-billinge-d-day-veteran-death-b2051389.html}}</ref> |
Billinge served as a [[sapper]] with the 44 [[Royal Engineers|Royal Engineer]] Commandos during the [[Normandy landings]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Middleton |first=Joe |date=5 April 2022 |title=D-Day veteran Harry Billinge dies aged 96 as daughter pays tribute |work=[[The Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/harry-billinge-d-day-veteran-death-b2051389.html}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 22:50, 26 April 2022
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| Died | 5 April 2022 (aged 96) |
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Harry Billinge MBE (1925/1926 – 5 April 2022) was a British soldier.
Billinge served as a sapper with the 44 Royal Engineer Commandos during the Normandy landings.[1]
After World War II, Billinge moved to Cornwall and opened a hairdressers.[2]
Billinge was appointed MBE in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to charitable fundraising.[3]
Billinge died on 5 April 2022. A funeral was held at St Paul's Church in Charlestown on 26 April 2022.[4]
References
- ^ Middleton, Joe (5 April 2022). "D-Day veteran Harry Billinge dies aged 96 as daughter pays tribute". The Independent.
- ^ "Forces for Good - An interview with Harry Billinge". Freemasonry Today. 6 June 2021.
- ^ "New Year Honours: MBE for D-Day veteran Harry Billinge". BBC News. 28 December 2019.
- ^ "Harry Billinge: Hundreds at funeral of D-Day veteran". BBC News. 26 April 2022.