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BILLING, Cyril
1881 - 1943 (62 years) Has 6 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1854 - Aft 1911 (> 58 years)-
Name BILLING, Cyril Birth 1881 Plymouth, Devon, England 
Gender Male Death 10 Mar 1943 Aldershot Registration District, Hampshire Person ID I760 Edgoose Last Modified 31 Jan 2026
Father BILLING, Charles, b. 1848, St. Germans, Cornwall, England d. 1929, Plymouth Registration District, Devon (Age 81 years) Mother RICHARDS, Emily, b. 1854, Liskeard, Cornwall, England d. Aft 1911 (Age > 58 years) Marriage 1874 Plymouth Registration District, Devon Family ID F560 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family MILES, Elizabeth Maud, b. 2 May 1875, Aldershot, Hampshire, England d. 27 May 1952, Farnham, Surrey, England (Age 77 years) Marriage 24 Sep 1921 Aldershot, Hampshire, England Family ID F557 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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CYRIL BILLING 1881-1943
NOTE: SURNAMES CAPITALISED IN TRANSCRIPT
The birth of a Cyril BILLING was registered in 1881. According to the 1939 Register he was born on 1 March 1881.
(GRO June Q 1881 Plymouth 5b 271)
The 1881 census return for 5 Hollywood Terrace, Plymouth St. Andrew, Devon:
Charles BILLING, head, married, aged 32, railway porter, born at St. Germans, Cornwall;
Emily BILLING, wife, married, aged 37, born at Liskeard, Cornwall;
Edith Emily BILLING, aged 6, born in 1875 at Plymouth, Devon;
*Cyril BILLING, son, aged 1 month, born in 1881 at Plymouth, Devon.
(RG11/2195/24/43)
The family were living at 80 King Gardens, Plymouth, Devon, in 1891:
Charles BILLING, head, married, aged 42, G.W. railway porter, born at St. Germans, Cornwall;
Emily BILLING, wife, married) aged 37, born at Liskeard, Cornwall;
*Cyril BILLING, son, aged 10, born at Plymouth, Devon.
(RG12/1732/106/21)
The 1901 census of 7 Penrose Street, Plymouth, Devon:
Charles BILLING, head, aged 52, GWR guard, born at St. Germans, Cornwall;
Emily BILLING, aged 47, born at Liskeard, Cornwall;
*Cyril BILLING, aged 20, stationer's assistant, born at Plymouth.
(RG13/2101/167/36)
From the 1911 census of Tideford, St. Germans, Cornwall:
Charles BILLING, head, aged 62, pensioner G. W. Railway, born at Tideford, Cornwall;
Emily BILLING, wife, aged 57, married 37 years, 6 children (1 living), born at Pensilva, Cornwall;
*Cyril BILLING, son, aged 30, single, stationer's manager, born at Plymouth, Devon.
(RG14/13601)
In the World War 1 he served in the 17th Battallion of the Gloucestershire Regiment as Private 34256. He enlisted at Aldershot on 12 January 1915. He was discharged on 19 February 1919. According to his description he was 5ft. 7 ins tall, Chest: 39ins; Expansion 2ins; Weight 168 lb.; Religion: Wesleyan; Trade: stationer and printer; His next of kin was his father, Charles BILLING of 6, Lifton Villas, Clippe Down Road, Plymouth.
(Army Discharge Papers)
"IN CAMERA
The appeal of Cyril BILLING, stationer, etc., of Grosvenor Road, Aldershot, against the decision of the local Tribunal, was heard in camera.
The decision arrived at was that appellant should be granted two months' exemption, with leave to appear again."
(Aldershot Military Gazette, Aldershot, Hampshire, 17 November 1916)
"THE DUTY OF SINGLE MEN
An appeal for a still further period of exemption was made by Cyril BILLING, 36 years of age and a single man, described as a stationer and bookseller.
I transpired that the business was the appellant's own property and had been built up by hard work and industry, and was situate in Grosvenor Road. He managed the business entirely by himself and had no one to help him to carry it on, although he had advertised for help. Further, he had done his best to dispose of the business by advertising it for sale in the trade papers. He had met with no success. He was the sole supporter of his father and mother, and this business was the only means of their support. If he were called upon to serve it would mean the closing down of the business, personlal loss to himself, and that his aged parents would suffer. As this was really a one man business he considered himself justified in asking for conditional exemption.
It was stated that the appellant had been twice previously before the Tribunal, and that he had received exemption for two and three months respectively.
The Military Representative said that he should object to any further exemption.
Mr. CALVERT suggested, however, that he should be prepared to move that three months should be granted. They could not shut the man's business up and leave his parents like this.
The Military Reprentative . You say that you have advertised. Have you had no replies? -- No.
The Chairman : Who have you at the shop now? ---A lady
The Chairman : Well, could she not manage the business for you?---No, I don't think so. She could only serve.
TheChairman : Well, you are a single man, and you have no business as such to keep coming before the Tribunal.
The Military Representative : There are much larger businesses in the town that are being run almost entirely by women.
Mr. Reg. WELLS, who legally represented the appellant, asked for facts and not mere general statements.
The Military Representative : It is common knowledge.
Mr. WELLS : Please give us names; don't say it is common knowledge.
The Military Reprentative then instanced the businesses run by Mrs. CLEMENTS, where all women were employed.
The case was considered privately, and then a final month's exemption was granted, the Chairman observing that they had no desire
to penalise appellant."
(Aldershot Gazette and Military News 18 August 1916
He married Elizabeth Maud MILES in 1921.
(GRO September 2021 [BILLING] Farnham 2a 397)
From the 1939 Register of 10 York Road, Aldershot, Hampshire:
*Cyril BILLING, born 01 March 1881, Stationer & Bookseller, Retired, Married;
Elizabeth Maude [sic] BILLING, born 2 May 1875, Domestic Duties, Married.
(RG101 2317B/007/18 Letter Code EDAX)
There is a reference in the London Gazette to Cyril BILLING of 10 York Road, Aldershot, Hampshire, a retired stationer, who died on 2 March 1943.
(London Gazette Issue 40048 22.12.1953 page 40)
He died on 2 March 1943 aged 62.
(GRO March Q 1943 Aldershot 2c 341)
"BILLING Cyril of 10 York-road Aldershot Hampshire died 2 March 1943 Administration London 11 December 1953 to Edith Naomi EDGOOSE spinster.
Effects £1848 19s. 6d.
(National Probate Calendar 1953)
NOTES & QUERIES:
A Mr. P.G. BILLING is a member of the Guild of One-Name Studies.
(revised 26.09.2025)