Private Thomas W Billington

06 Jun 1944

Private Thomas Wilson Billington served with 8th Parachute Battalion. He took part in the Operation Overlord at Normandy.

He died on 6th June 1944, aged 21 years old. He is now commemorated on the Bayeux Memorial, Normandy.

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Service History

Date not known
8th (Midlands) Parachute Battalion (Private)

Operations

Normandy (Operation Overlord)

Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of occupied Europe commonly known as D-Day, saw the 6th Airborne Division for the first time.

Thomas W Billington

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Memorial to Arthur Platt and Tom Billington, 8th Bn.

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Bayeux Memorial, Normandy

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