Personal Details Born: 2 March 1869 in Stockton, Shropshire and baptised on 21 March the same year in Stockton parish church. Family: He was the seventh of eight children born to Thomas Billingsley, an agricultural labourer, and his wife Emma. … 
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Personal Details Born: 7 May 1891 in Islington, London and baptised on 4 October the same year in St. Michael’s Church, Islington. Family: He was the eldest of three children born to Alfred, a porter, and his wife Annie Mary. …
Born in Liverpool, in 1882, the son of Arthur Wilson. Husband of Martha Jane (nee Owen) Wilson, of 15 Watergate Street, Whitchurch. Regiment : 1st Battalion Border Regiment, formerly 16th Btn. The King’s (Liverpool Regiment) No 25679 Rank : Private …
Image reproduced with permission of Trinity Mirror plc Transcription A large number of troops came to the Prees Heath camp at the end of the week, mostly Scottish and Border Regiments, and between 5,000 and 6,000 have settled into the …