Biography: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
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Billingham, Col John Alfred Lawrence, (1868–21 March 1955)". 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U234750. https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-234750.
- ↑ Army, Great Britain (May 1933). "The Army List". google.co.uk. https://books.google.com/books?id=B6lEAQAAIAAJ&q=j.a.l.+billingham. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records at Ancestry.co.uk". ancestry.co.uk. http://www.ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- ↑ Bedford Modern School of the black & red. OCLC 16558393.
- ↑ "Central Chancery of the Orders of knighthood", The Gazette (London) (33722): p. 3629, 3 June 1931, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33722/supplement/3629/data.pdf
- ↑ "Transactions". google.co.uk. 1931. https://books.google.com/books?id=-Sc1AAAAMAAJ&q=john+alfred+lawrence+billingham+war+office. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
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