BILLY-MONTIGNY

'Billy-Montigny' is a commune of northern France.

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Administration

History

Administration

Billy-Montigny is located in the Pas-de-Calais ''département''. It belongs to the ''communauté d'agglomération'' of Lens-Liévin (Communaupole) which gathers 36 communes, with a total population of 250,000 inhabitants.

History

The history of the area remains marked by the mining disaster which caused 1,099 casualties on March 10, 1906 on the territories of Billy-Montigny, Méricourt and Sallaumines.
In Billy-Montigny Communal Cemetery lie the bodies of two WWI British soldiers.

★ Taylor, Denis Percival Beauchamp. MC. Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps. 3rd Sqdn. 3rd (King's Own) Hussars. In North part. 1.

★ George Thomas Paget, Private. 37915 18th Bn. Welsh Regiment. Died of wounds 19th July 1916. Aged 17. In North part. 2.