BORN PATRINGTON 1889. RAISED BY HIS GRANDPARENTS, TOM AND ANN BILLANEY, OF PATRINGTON. HE MARRIED MARTHA BARR (1892-1965) AT PATRINGTON, IN 1910. THEY HAD 3 DAUGHTERS AND LIVED AT HOLDERNESS HALL, PRESTON, HULL EMPLOYED AS A WAGGONER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, GUNNER, 1ST HULL HEAVY BATTERY. TRANSFERRED TO THE 11TH HULL HEAVY BATTERY, ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. DIED IN EAST AFRICA, ON 24/06/1917, AGED 28.
HE IS BURIED AT MOROGORO CEMETERY, TANZANIA, EAST AFRICA
First name:
JAMES BILLANEY
Military Number:
229
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
24/06/1917
Place died:
MOROGORO CEMETERY, TANZANIA, EAST AFRICA
Age:
28
HOLDERNESS HALL, PRESTON, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
