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Pte. Benjamin Hill
British Army 1/8th Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:Barley
(d.7th Dec 1916)
Benjamin Hill enlisted in Bedford. A private in the 1/8th (T.F.) Battalion of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment), he died at home of his wounds 7th December 1916 and is buried in Barley.
2nd Lt. C. L. G. Hill
Army 5th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Cpl. Charles William Hill
Royal Air Force 20 Squadron
from:Birmingham
(d.30th July 1918)
Charles Hill was born in Aston, Birmingham, he was one of the six children of Emily and Samuel Hill of Inkerman Street, Birmingham.
Charlie is my great uncle who was shot down and killed near Ypres on 30th of July 1918. He was 26 when he died. He was an observer/gunner in Bristol Fighter E2471 being flown by Sgt J J Cowell. They were shot down by Lt Frederick Ritter Von Röth of Nuremburg. Von Röth was a German fighter ace with 28 victories to his name. He later committed suicide on New Year's Eve 1918, apparently depressed by the German defeat and troubled by his killings during the war.
Charlie's brother Jack was also killed flying with the RAF in October 1918. Charlie rests in Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery near Ypres, Belgium.
Lt/Cmdr. Cyril John Percy Hill MID
Royal Navy HMAS Parramatta
from:Australia
Cyril John Percy Hill was born on 14th February 1884 at Belvedere, Kent in England to parents George and Mary Hill. His father was Vice-Admiral George William Hill of the Royal Navy and his older brother, Commander Hubert George Morgan Hill of the Royal Navy who, like Cyril, fought in both world wars and was mentioned in despatches.
Hill joined the Navy in 1912 as an acting lieutenant serving on HMAS Encounter. In 1913 he was transferred to the HMAS Parramatta on which he served for the entire First World War. HMAS Parramatta served alongside the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) in New Britain and as part of the British Adriatic force in the Pacific. Hill attained the rank of commander in 1921 and between 1919 and 1929 he served on over 11 Australian Ships. During the Second World War, Hill served with the Navy as the commander of HMS Stoke and HMS Folkestone. He received a Mention in Despatches on 1st January 1942. Cyril Hill died on 23rd April 1965 at the age of 81.
Pte Daniel Hill
British Army 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers
(d.16th June 1915)
Pte. Edward Pearson Hill
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Edward John Hill
British Army 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers
from:37 Caister Road, Balham
(d.28th Feb 1917)
Rflmn Edward Ernerst Hill
British Army 6th Btn. London Regiment
from:Islington
(d.31st August 1918)
Ernie Hill served with 6th Battalion, London Regiment.
Sgt. Frank William Hill
British Army Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Wood Green, London
Dad, Frank Hill, never talked about his experiences during WW2. When he died in 2003 he left me all his army records. He enlisted at Tottenham on 26th of July 1940 and was posted to the Yorkshire Light Infantry where he stayed until 9th of March 1943 when he joined the Royal Signals. He was demobbed at Reading on 26th September 1946.
I know he was in Burma, Hong Kong and Bombay at some stage as I've found photographs of all three. I'd love to know more about where he was posted and what he faced. The only story he would tell was being home on leave at Alexander Palace in North London watching the skyline "the night they bombed the docks".
Pte Frederick Hill
British Army 85th Field Ambulance RAMC
from:Hendon, Middlesex
L/Cpl. Frederick Hill
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment
from:Bermondsey, London
(d.3rd May 1917)
Frederick Hill served during WWI and died on 3rd of May 1917. He left a young son, also called Frederick who was born on 24th April 1914. I believe he is buried in Arras Cemetery, but have been unable to find out anymore about his war record. I am sure he would have been entitled to war medals.
Pte. Frederick Hill
British Army 85th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Hendon, Middlesex
Frederick Hill embarked for France on SS Kingstonian, going from Southampton to Le Havre. He served at the Second Battle of Ypres and the Battle of Loos. On 19th of October 1915, he sailed from Marseilles for Alexandria in Egypt, then to Salonika on 4th of January 1916. Later in 1916, he was in action during the occupation of Mazirko and the capture of Barakli Jum'a. In 1917, he participated in the capture of Ferdie and Essex Trenches (near Baraki Jun'a) and then the capture of Baraki and Kumli. Later, he was in action at the Battle of Doiran and the pursuit to the Sturmica Valley. When hostilities with Bulgaria ceased at the end of September 1918, the 28th Division was in the area of Trnovo. On 7/8th of November 1918, his unit moved to Gallipoli and occupied the Dardanelles Fort. After several bouts of malaria, he embarked for the UK in March 1919 and was discharged on 27 April 1919.
Pte. George Duncan Hill
British Army 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry
from:Jarrow
My great grandfather, George Hill was a Private of the Durham Light Infantry 2nd Battalion. He saw active service right at the beginning of the First World War but became a Prisoner of War some time in 1914. He returned to Jarrow living in either St Pauls Road or Ferry Street in Jarrow and married Catherine Doogan in 1919. He went to work in the ship yards and later on when he was 52 years old, took part in the Jarrow March. Two of his medals, the 1914 star and victory medal (1914-1918) are on display in the Durham Light Infantry Museum.
Maj. George Albert "Roy" Hill
Royal Flying Corps
from:Rockwood, Ont, Canada
My great uncle George Albert "Roy" Hill was born in Rockwood Ontario in 1897. He died at the age of 76 in 1973, in Stratford Ontario. He served with the Royal Flying Corps and flew with Billy Bishop in the great war. He told me that Bishop did not shoot down the Red Baron. Bishop was in his tent recovering from a hangover from the night before. Therefore he was not in the air that day when the Baron was shot down. It was either Roy Brown or ground fire that shot the Red Baron down. Roy Brown did shoot the Red Baron down twice. I was told that Billy Bishop would fly off on his own - shoot up his aircraft with his own guns. Nothing vital was ever hit on his plane. When the D.N.D. at CFB Borden found that Bishop was a fraud, the memorial plaque commemorating him was removed immediately.
Pte. George Hill
British Army 1st Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment
from:Deptford, London
(d.3rd March 1917)
George Hill lived with his family in Deptford. His family wrote letters to the War Office as they had not heard from him. On 3rd of March 1917 George was declared missing, presumed dead.
Pte. George Victor Stanley Hill
British Army 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry
from:London
(d.25th Sep 1916)
Pte. George William Hill
British Army 24th Battalion London Regiment
from:Notting Hill
(d.13th Nov 1916)
George Hill was killed in action in France and Flanders. I am his great grandson.
Pte. George Hill
British Army 2nd Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Jarrow
George Hill was taken POW in 1914 in Lille, according to the Red Cross records he was a POW in Hameln in February 1915. He returned to Jarrow when the war ended and later went on the Jarrow March.
Rfm George Hill
British Army 16th Btn King's Royal Rifle Corps
from:Rugeley, Staffordshire
(d.3rd Mar 1916)
George Hill was my grand uncle; brother of my maternal grandfather James Hill.
George was born at the beginning of 1900 in Rugeley, Staffordshire. George had two brothers and a sister, and wanted to follow his elder brother Arthur to war. At 15, he was too young to enlist, yet lied about his age and joined up against his family's wishes.
He enlisted in the "Church Lad's Brigade", the 16th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps, and was sent to France.
George's father, Francis Hill, was enraged and wrote to the Regiment to have his son returned, but by the time he was found, George had passed 16, the age to enlist. Though still too young to serve at the front, George retained his position in the Regiment and was stationed at Bethune, France, for training.
George was killed in an explosion during a training accident in Bethune, along with Rifleman George Henry Gibben C/1357 and Lance Sergeant John Turnbull C/345, with whom he is buried.
Pte. George James Gordon Hill
British Army 7th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry
from:Stokeingteignhead, Devon
(d.31st Mar 1917)
George Hill serve with the 7th Somerset Light Infatry. I am researching him for the Teign Heritage WW1 website.
Harold Charles Hill
British Army Worcestershire Regiment
L/Cpl Harry Joy Hill
British Army 7th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment
from:Belfast
(d.25th Nov 1917)
Harry Hill is my maternal grandmothers brother. He was born in Belfast on 8th June 1886 and in the 1901 census he was working, aged 15, as a domestic servant and in the 1911 census he was a moulder in a factory. He joined up on 19th August 1914 and for an unknown reason ended up in D Company, 7th battalion Royal Sussex Regiment. His older brother David served in the Royal Irish Regiment and another older brother Johnny served in the Imperial Yeomanry during the Boer War.He was killed during fighting in the Cambria operations on 25th November 1917, his body never recovered. The family was told he was hit by a shell.
Gunner Hector Hill
British Army B/150th Army Bde. RFA
(d.9th April 1918)
Gunner Hector Hill, Service #221636, B/150th Army Bde, RFA, was killed in action on Tuesday, 9th April, 1918, during the German spring Offensive on the Somme. He was 20 years of age. spring Offensive on the Somme.
Pte. Hemi Hill
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion
(d.7th Jun 1917)
My Great Great Uncle (and namesake) Hemi HILL, was killed in action at Messines on 7th June 1917. He was a Kiwi soldier and his older brother Robert served in Ypres around a month later. I am writing a book about my family's military history and I will be going to visit Hemi at his place of rest at Kandahar Farm Cemetery in Wulvergehem just south-west of Messines in December of this year.
Pte. Henry Hill
British Army 2/7th Btn. Royal Warwickshires
from:Henley-on-Thames
I have various items relating to my Dad's service in WW1, including his Pay Book, Lifetime Pension papers, photographs and medals. I took this 'memorabilia' to the Royal Warwickshire's Museum and the Superintendent there was able to give me some fascinating details about my Dad. First of all - photographs. One shows him sitting with a group of other soldiers, nearly all with different cap badges. I know that because some of the battalions were decimated, regiments were made up from survivors of other units. Secondly, Dad has 3 stripes on the lower part of his sleeve. I was told, no it didn't indicate his rank, it indicated that he had been wounded 3 times. Well, the words '3rd time B.E.F' are written in the front of his paybook. The date of his Attestation is written as 18.10.15 (age 18). His Pension papers show 'Gunshot Wound to the Head' and Neurasthenia. An attempt had been made to delete the latter word! Two puzzles. 1). Why only 1 payment made - One shilling and fourpence, dated 2.4.1918 in his Pay Book? The Station is Horton Hutments, and 2) it is in regard to a badge found in the same box as his 2 WW1 medals. It has 'On War Service - 1916' and shows 3 cannon. Was he in munitions for a time? His vaccinations show Feb 1916 and TAB 1.3.1918. I know that Horton Hutments was in Northumberland (Newcastle). He married my mother in 1919 - she came from Newcastle. Like many other ex-soldiers, D ad never talked about his war experiences. He briefly mentioned 'Wipers' - Ypres - and Amiens, but that is all. (A programme featuring those two battles happened to be being shown on TV at the time). He walked out of the room, clearly upset. His war record was destroyed along with a lot of others during WW2 bombing. Such a pity.He died on 2.2.1969 aged 72.
Sgt. Henry Hill
British Army Lancashire Fusiliers
L/Cpl. Henry Harry Hill
7th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment
from:2 Thames Street,Belfast,NI
(d.25th November 1917)
Pte. Herbert John Hill
British Army 12th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry
from:Creech St Michael
(d.27th Dec 1917)
Herbert John Hill is listed on the Creech St Michael war memorial. I am researching all the names as the parish has no record of the men who served in the armed forces and I want to fill an important gap in the history of the village. Can anyone provide any information.
L/Cpl. Hugh Henry Hill
British Army 14th (London Scottish) Btn. London Regiment
from:East Ham, London
(d.3rd Jul 1917)
Hugh Henry Hill was the cousin of my father, George Baker, his parents were Jacob and Susan Louisa Hill (nee Dobson). Susan was my fathers aunt. My father never told me that he had a cousin, Hugh Henry Hill, let alone that he had been killed in the first world war at the age of 26. I found out this information when I carried out family research. My sister, who passed away in 2006, gave some papers to my eldest nephew who, a couple of years ago, passed them on to me. I found mention of Susan Hill and her son. I followed this up with some serious research and found out when and where he died and where his body is buried.
In June if this year, 2014, my husband Gordon Campbell, myself Pamela Campbell and our granddaughter, Kate Amey (aged 20) went to Wancourt Military Cemetery near Arras France and found the grave of dad's cousin. The grave is not at all clear and I have written to The Commonwealth War Graves Commission to try to arrange to have the grave re-engraved. I have received confirmation that they will deal with my requested as soon as possible but that as this is centenary year they are very busy and it may take a little time. They have written to their France area office who could also be able to help. I intend eventually to insert a photograph of the gravestone in these records but, at present, it is virtually unreadable. Sadly I have no photographs of Hugh himself but I hope that somewhere there may be other members of the family, maybe the Dobson's of whom I have no knowledge, who would be interested in inserting any photographs, they may have, on this site. This is probably a shot in the dark but who knows? Worth a try.
Pte. Hugh Hill
British Army 2nd Battallion Argyll and Sutherlands Highlanders
from:Glasgow
(d.24th Apr 1917)
Hugh Hill was my mother's uncle. I first heard of him when visiting Edinburgh Castle and seeing his name in a remembrance book when I was a child. There was no more mention of him until I started family research recently, a gap of some sixty five years. As usual I was too late to ask those who had gone before me. I, therefore suggest to those still young enough to ask your family everything they know about their history you will be surprised at what you find. Good luck.
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