Wells, better known as Bombardier Billy Wells (31 August 1889 – 12 June 1967), was an English heavyweight boxer. Fighting under the name "Bombardier Billy...
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snowcats and snowmobiles, part of Bombardier Inc. until 2003 Bombardier Billy Wells, English heavyweight boxer Charles Bombardier (born 1974), Canadian industrial...
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football) (William Prescott Wells, 1931–2001), American professional football player Bombardier Billy Wells (William Thomas Wells, 1889–1967), English heavyweight...
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London on 25 February 1918, one win, and then a points defeat by Bombardier Billy Wells for the Imperial Services Boxing Association (ISBA) Kings Trophy...
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he beat "Bombardier" Billy Wells in Ghent, Belgium to become heavyweight champion of Europe. He defended his title in December against Wells, in January...
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the Gongman in the film sequence over the years, included boxer Bombardier Billy Wells and wrestler Ken Richmond. Also, George Francis Moss Snr played...
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Southwark Playhouse. Retrieved 17 March 2024. "Wells, William Thomas [called Bombardier Billy Wells]". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed...
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the Gongman in the film sequence over the years included boxer Bombardier Billy Wells, the second "Gongman", who was actually the first contracted by...
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title, beating, among others, British and British Empire champion Bombardier Billy Wells and future world champion Jess Willard, and beating and losing to...
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Frank Mantell twice in seven days. On 4 August 1913 he challenged Bombardier Billy Wells for the British Heavyweight Championship. He was a tall heavyweight...
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in the introduction to J. Arthur Rank films?" He correctly chose Bombardier Billy Wells to win the prize money. Wilcox grew up in London, but lived in Bath...
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he lost (and retired after) his fifteenth fight, a contest with Bombardier Billy Wells on 30 June 1913. He was the first trainer of the Glen Boxing Club...
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Bombardier Aviation is a division of Bombardier Inc. It is headquartered in Dorval, Quebec, Canada. Its most popular aircraft included the Dash 8 Series...
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Problems playing this file? See media help. The Lonsdale belt won by Bombardier Billy Wells in 1911 is now kept at the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich...
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– 19 April 1909 2 William Hague 19 April 1909 – 24 April 1911 3 Bombardier Billy Wells 24 April 1911 – 27 February 1919 14 Joe Beckett 27 February 1919s...
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out in the next round. In 1915, Bombardier Billy Wells received a long count in his fight with Dick Smith. When Wells was knocked down, referee Tom Dunning...
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A. E. Coleby and starring Billy Wells, Hetty Payne and Arthur Rooke. It was based on a novel by George Edgar. Billy Wells ... John Westerley Hetty Payne...
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Mark Lazarus, Barry Silkman, and Darren Purse, heavyweight boxer "Bombardier" Billy Wells, former armed robber and businessman Roy Shaw, former British featherweight...
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Hockey Hall of Fame in 1951. He married Audrey Wells, daughter of boxing champion Bombardier Billy Wells, in 1942. Hutchinson came to Britain in 1936 when...
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British heavyweight boxer "Bombardier" Billy Wells who struck the gong at the start of films made by the Rank studios. Wells was unable to retain a place...
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child. John Mills at one stage was announced to play the male lead. Bombardier Billy Wells, the man who bangs the gong on the Rank trademark, had a small role...
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film about a World War II Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, as the bombardier. Zane also forayed into television work, and in 1991 he appeared as John...
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and retired from boxing in 1913 after unsuccessfully challenging Bombardier Billy Wells (whom he had beaten three years earlier in a non-title fight) for...
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Investissement Québec. The five-abreast narrow-body airliner was marketed as Bombardier CSeries prior to its acquisition by Airbus in 2018 and has since been...
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War II. The film features an uncredited role by real life boxer Bombardier Billy Wells, best remembered as one of the gongmen featured in the Rank Organisation...
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Bruce Logan. The other five men were Jim Driscoll, Jimmy Wilde, Bombardier Billy Wells, Pat O'Keefe and Dick Smith. At the London Opera House in March...
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middleweight, he fought for the British heavyweight title against Bombardier Billy Wells; Wells won with a fourth-round knockout, inflicting the first defeat...
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Johnson-Wells Match. Negotiations Broken Off." The Times, 22 September 1911, p. 6. The two boxers were Jack Johnson and Bombardier Billy Wells. "The Boxing...
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Coffey got to train with famous names such as Joe Jeanette and Bombardier Billy Wells. Over the next three years he developed a large following, particularly...
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up-and-coming Bombardier Billy Wells for the first Lonsdale Belt. For this fight Hague weighed in at about 196 pounds, and lasted into the sixth round. Wells took...
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