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Billet,
Victor Louis [Guillaume]
Son of Guillaume Jean Billet (1879-1948), and
Sophronie Emily Thiry.
Married
(22.06.1927, Brunoy, France) Laure Nayaert (22.11.1903 – 05.01.1996); three
sons, one daughter.
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03.05.1902
Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Belgium
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19.08.1942
Dieppe, France
(MIA) [age 40]
[Portsmouth Naval Memorial, panel 70, column 3]
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T/Lt.
RNVR
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19.10.1940
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T/Lt. RNR
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09.10.1941,
seniority 19.10.1940
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39|45 St
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Atl St
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WM 39|45
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Served Belgian State Navy with Steamer “Prinses
Joséphine-Charlotte” (Ostend-Dover line), 1934-1940.
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19.10.1940
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1940
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HMS Royal Arthur
(training establishment, Skegness)
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05.12.1940
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04.1941
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HMS Lochinvar (destroyer / minesweeper base, Port
Edgar)
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17.04.1941
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07.1941
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HMS Brilliant (B class
destroyer)
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17.07.1941
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1941
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HMS Drake (RN base, Devonport)
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31.12.1941
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15.05.1942
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HMS St Christopher
(Coastal Forces training establishment, Fort William)
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16.05.1942
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19.08.1942
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HMS Dinosaur (Combined
Operations base, Troon) (for tank landing craft)
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19.08.1942
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On 14
July 1942 Lt. Billet was appointed Naval Liaison Officer for the Canadian
14th Army Tank Battalion.
Dieppe raid
(operation Jubilee) attached to the 14 Calgary Regiment for liaison duties
with the TLC Flotilla in the first flight (embarked in TLC 159)
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Lieutenant
Victor Billet, RNR founded the “Belgian Section” in
the Royal Navy in October 1940, wich by an Admiralty Order on 3rd
April 1941 was named “Royal Navy Section Belge” (RNSB)
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