Butlin, Billy, Sir, 1899-1980
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Fuller Name
- William Heygate Edmund Colborne
Variants
Butlin, William, Sir, 1899-1980
Butlin, W. E. (William Heygate Edmund Colborne), MBE, 1899-1980
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
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Sources
found: His The Billy Butlin story, 1982:t.p. (Sir Billy Butlin) p. 9, etc. (b. 9-29-1899, d. 6-12-80) Brit. CIP data (Butlin, Sir William)
found: Butlins Limited. Directors' report and statement of accounts 1960:page 2 (Chairman and Managing Director: W.E. Butlin, M.B.E.)
found: Wikipedia, viewed 21 April 2021(Billy Butlin; Sir William Heygate Edmund Colborne Butlin MBE; 29 September 1899-12 June 1980; South African-born British entrepreneur; opened his first British holiday camp in 1936; born in Cape Town, South Africa; he returned to England with his mother before he was seven years old; when he was twelve his mother emigrated to Canada; once settled in Toronto, his mother invited him to join her there two years later; in WWI he enlisted as a bugler in the Canadian Army; after the war, Butlin returned to England; knighted in July 1964; Butlin's grave is in the grounds of Blair Adam House, Saint John, Jersey where he died)
found: BLNAL file, viewed 21 April 2021(heading: Butlin, Billy, Sir, 1899-1980)
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Change Notes
1983-05-11: new
2021-04-22: revised
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