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2Lt. J. W. Hill
British Army 125 Heavy Royal Garrison Artillery
Cpl. James William Hill MM.
British Army 87th Brigade, H2, A Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:Stockport
My husband`s great Grandad, James Hill, was awarded the Croix de Guerre when defending Kemmel Hill near Ypres on 25th April 1918 with 19th Division. His citation reads thus: Setting a splendid example of coolness and courage. Being ordered to remove the dial sight and the breachblock of his gun and being attacked by a German 30 yards away he took a rifle and killed his enemy. He then fired on a number of the enemy who had advanced within 150 yards of the Battery and held them in check, thus allowing the men of his Battery to get away.
He resumed his job as a policeman when he returned home but died 12 months after the war ended from poison gas effects at the age of 33. His daughter either sold or gave away his medals and we would love to buy them back. We know all his medals are together and are owned by a dealer in the Suffolk area at this moment in time. I find his story fascinating and have managed to find out a great deal about him through various websites.
2nd Lt. James Ormonde Hill
British Army Army Service Corps
from:Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales
My cousin's grandmother found a photo of a soldier unloading as he landed in Havre. His name was James Hill and he was in the Army Service Corps. The Medal Rolls index show a James Hill, driver, second lieutenant, Regiment No. T1/4584. Reference WO372/9/190029. Don't forget this sacrifice.
L/Cpl. James Lawrie Hill
British Army 13th Btn. Royal Scots
from:Pencaitland, East Lothian
James Hill was my grandfather. He was a coal miner from the age of 13. He was taken prisoner at Pilkem. After the war he returned to mining. He served in the home guard in the Second World War and died in 1972.
L/Cpl. James Hill
British Army 8th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Belfast
(d.10th Sep 1916)
Pte. James Dawson Hill
British Army 6th Btn. Wiltshire Regiment
from:Falmouth
(d.14th Jul 1917)
Private James Hill was killed on the 14th of July 1917 and is buried along side some of his regiment in the war grave located at Oostaverne Wood near Ypres, Belgium.
L/Cpl. John Hill MM
British Army 13th Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
from:Beckton Road, E13
Cpl. Joseph Hill DCM.
British Army 8th Battalion Royal Fusiliers
from:Birmingham
Corporal, later Serjeant, Joseph Hill enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers on 7th September 1914. Although the regimental history suggests that the 8th Battalion was first posted to France in May 1915, Joseph Hill's medal record indicates that he first saw action in France on March 6th 1915.
In 1916 he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, the announcement appearing in the London Gazette on April 15th 1916. His citation read: "For conspicuous gallantry and consistent good work with a Lewis gun."
Shortly after this award, possibly as a direct result, he was promoted to Serjeant: the record of the DCM and the promotion were entered onto his medal record in the same hand and apparently at the same time. According to his Silver War Badge (382475) listing, following the disbanding of the 8th Battalion in February 1918 he was transferred to the 7th Battalion. He was obviously either ill or injured, since he was awarded the SWB, and was discharged as "no longer fit for service (Kings Regulations Para 392 xvi)" on July 30th 1918. In later life he had only one leg, and family folklore suggests he lost the other during active service, but at this point no documentary evidence to confirm this has been found. Following his discharge he returned to Birmingham, married in 1922, fathered five boys, three of whom served in the Army themselves, and died in 1963 aged 73.
Pte. Joseph Hill
British Army 462nd Protection Company Royal Defence Corps
from:Leicester
(d.10th Oct1918)
Joseph Hill was my Grandfather. He had been wounded in France having served with the Lincolnshire and West Yorkshire Regiments and was no longer eligible for front line service. He was posted to Ireland and was returning home on leave aboard the SS Leinster. The ship was torpedoed and was killed. He is buried in Grangegorman Military Cemetery, Cabra, Co Dublin.
Act/Sjt. Joseph Parker Hill
British Army 12th(Miners)Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Tadcaster
(d.21st November 1917)
Joseph Parker Hill was was my grandfather's brother and my mother's uncle.
Pte. Leonard Augustus Hill
British Army 1st/8th Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:Dudley Road, Southall
(d.29th Apr 1915)
L/Cpl Leslie Trevor Hill
British Army Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
from:Whitley Bay, Northumberland
(d.24th Apr 1917)
Pte. Percy Henry Hill
British Army 19th (Western) Battalion. Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
from:Paddington, London
(d.1st Jan 1917)
Born in Paddington, London 1st Feb 1884, my great uncle Percy Hill was one of the two born in this family who died in the First World War. A barber before the war and a great sense of humour he was sadly missed by my grandfather and his siblings. Percy was a crack shot so served as a Rifleman in the 19th (Western) Battalion. (Territorial) of Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own ( Formerly 3369, 3Rd City Of London (R.F Regt.) He was lost and was buried at sea on 1st Jan 1917.
Sgt. Percy Sydney Patrick Hill
British Army 173rd Brigade, B Bty Royal Field Artillery
(d.30th June 1917)
Sgt Percy Hill had previously served in the Boer War, the Zulu Rebellion and in German West Africa. He died, aged 36, in Belgium on 30th June 1917 and is buried at Lone Tree Cemetery, Grave I.D.A. He was the son of Arthur and Theresa Hill.
Pte. Richard Harry Hill
British Army 7th Btn., A Coy East Surrey Rgt.
from:Peckham
(d.30th September 1916)
Pte. Stewart William Hill
British Army 4th Btn. Bedfordshire Regiment
from:Ampthill
(d.31st December 1917)
Private Stewart William Hill, born in Brighton, living and enlisted Ampthill, Bedfordshire. Husband of Agnes M. Hill, 4 Neotsbury Road, Ampthill, Bedfordshire. Served with the 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment (service no. 30064).
He died of his wounds on 31st December 1917 in France and Flanders and is buried in Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Somme, France. He is remembered on both The War Memorial and The Alamada, St. Andrews Church, Ampthill.
Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com
Gnr. Sydney Evelyn Hill
British Army Royal Field Artillery
from:Bagworth, Leics.
Sydney Hill was born in 1885 he was a farmer until 1916 when he was conscripted into the army. He served as a gunner possibly on howitzers although that is speculation as he refused ever to talk about his experiences. What we have for a fact is that he was gassed whilst sheltering in a dugout so became blinded for at least a week and was then invalided out. He returned to life as a farmer until retirement in 1940. He died in 1977.
Sgt. Thomas Hill MM MID.
British Army 13th Battalion Manchester Regiment
from:Wigan, Lancashire
Thomas Hill was my grandfather, my mum's dad. I never met him as he died before I was born. He enlisted in the Manchester Regiment in September 1914 shortly followed by his three younger brothers, who all joined The Kings Own Lancasters. The four brothers were all hard working, hard drinking miners from Wigan who were fiercely competitive in everything they did. He was fighting in Salonika when he heard that his youngest brother Abraham, aged 20, had won the Distinguished Conduct Medal and been promoted to Lance-Corporal. According to family history this did not impress Thomas who then got Mentioned in Dispatches and promoted to Sargeant.
By June 1918, when his Regiment were posted back to France, two of his brothers had been wounded and discharged back to England and his brother John had been killed in action. Thomas then went on to be awarded the Military Medal in October 1918 for bravery under fire and was de-mobbed in 1919. None of the three returning brothers ever spoke about their war experiences except amongst themselves. It was only after her father's death in 1950 when his younger brother Abraham DCM came to the house and pinned all Thomas's medals onto his body that my mother realised the full extent of his bravery. The family just assumed that anyone who had served had a drawer full of the same old medals as none of the brothers ever mentioned the the true extent of their war exploits.
The only link that Thomas had with the war was that he always called my mother Sally, her name was Esther, but she had been conceived when he was on home leave from Salonika and this was his private joke between himself and my grandmother. I have found that since researching the history of the four Hill brothers and keeping my family informed we all stand a little bit straighter at the Cenotaph services these days.
Pte. Thomas Hill
British Army 44th Coy. Machine Gun Corps
from:Kingsthorpe, Northampton
(d.6th July 1916)
Thomas Hill was my grandfather Harry Hill's brother. Thomas was the son of Samuel Hill and Ellen Reed of Kingsthorpe, Northampton. He was killed on Thursday, 6th of July 1916 whilst serving as a Private with 44th Company, Machine Gun Corps. He is commemorated on the Loos Memorial in France.
Pte. Thomas Hill
British Army 4th Btn. Royal Fusiliers
from:Holborn, London
(d.7 January 1915)
Thomas Hill was my great grandfather who died of shrapnel wounds inflicted at the Battle of Mons.
Lt. Victor Leo Hill
British Army Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Newport, Isle of Wight
Victor Hill enlisted with the Royal Regiment of Artillery, Fort Rowner, Gosport, Hampshire on the 8th of May 1900. His record of service is as follows
- 1901 - Boy Soldier, Royal Garrison Artillery, Fort Rowner, Gosport, Hampshire
- 29 Oct 1904-Specialist Depression Range Finding Course, Cork Harbour, Ireland
- 8 Nov 1904-Promoted to Acting Bombardier, 8 Company, Royal Garrison Artillery
- 14 Jul 1905-Local Short Gunnery Course, Gibraltar
- May-Sep 1906-Gunnery Short Course, Shoeburyness, Kent
- Sep-Oct 1906-Light Guns Instructor's Course, Shoeburyness, Kent
- 15 Feb 1907-Corporal's Promotion Course, Gibraltar
- 1 Apr 1907-Gun Laying Course, Gibraltar
- Feb-Nov 1908-Gunnery Staff Instructor's Course, Shoeburyness, Kent
- 26 Mar 1908-Promoted to Bombardier, 8 Company, Royal Garrison Artillery
- 1 Nov 1910-Gun Laying Course, Gibraltar
- 1911-EW Bombardier, 8 Company, Royal Garrison Artillery, Europa Barracks, Gibraltar
- 23 Jan 1912-Gun Laying Course, Gibraltar
- 15 Jun 1912-Promoted to Corporal, 8 Company, Royal Garrison Artillery
- 20 Apr 1913-Gun Laying Course, Sheerness, Kent
- 2 Oct 1914-Posted to 7th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, Woolwich
- 5 Oct 1914-Arrived Belgium with British Expeditionary Force (The Old Contemptibles)
- 6 Oct 1914-7th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, Ostende, Belgium
- 13 Oct 1914-Returned to England
- 27 Oct 1914-7th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, Boulogne, France
- 6–23 Nov 1914-7th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, Hazebrouck, France
- Nov-Dec 1914-7th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, Loker, Belgium
- 31 Aug 1915-Field promotion to 2nd Lieutenant for "Loyalty, Courage & Good Conduct"
- 1 Jul 1917-Promoted to Lieutenant, Royal Garrison Artillery
- 20 Apr 1919-Royal Garrison Artillery, North District, Gibraltar
- 1920-Army Quarters, Bruces Farm, Gibraltar
- 8 May 1921-Retired from war service with Royal Artillery, Dover, Kent
- 16 Apr 1935-Appointed Special War Department Clerk
- 8 May 1940-Retired from uniform service with Royal Artillery as Lieutenant
- 1940-Appointed as Civil Servant, working for the Army
- 1951-Civil Servant, Army Barracks Store, Weedon, Northamptonshire
- 28 Dec 1955-Civil Servant, Army Barracks Store, Weedon, Northamptonshire
- May 1951-Retirement from Army
- 5 May 1951-Commendation by Secretary of State for "valued work in the War Department" and "appreciation for his long years of loyal service"
Walter Andrew Hill
Royal Flying Corps
Walter Hill was a pilot with the RFC and RAF, he served in Archangel, Russia in 1919.
Sgt. Walter Hill
Royal Marines
from:Portsmouth
Walter Hill served with the Royal Marines during World War 1 and 2. He enlisted on the 19th of Oct 1914 at Deal and served on the following ships:
He then retired from the Marines with a full pension until WW2, when he re-enlisted on 21st of Aug 1939. During WW2 he was a DEMS gunner on various merchant ships but was killed in action on MV Tasmania as part of convoy SL-125.
- HMS Dryad 20 June 1915
- HMS Glory 7 Oct 1918
- HMS Crescent 28 Jan 1920
- HMS Coventry 12 May 1920
- HMS Egmont 16 Aug 1921
- HMS Cornwall 19 Dec 1933
2Lt Wilfred James Hill
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 6th Btn.
from:Redruth, Cornwall
(d.17 September 1916)
Gnr. William Henry Hill
British Army 103rd Bde. HQ Royal Field Artillery
from:57, Park Road, Dartford
(d.14th Jun 1917)
William Henry Hill
British Army 103rd Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Dartford
Harry Hill was my Great Uncle on my mother's side. He was in service as a footman between 1911 and 1915, place not known.
Pte. William Henry Hill None
British Army 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment
from:Helewood, Clayhanger, Devon
(d.27th May 1918)
Henry Hill was the son of a farmer, who farmed at Helewood Farm, Clayhanger, Devon. He enlisted with the Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry, service no 38490, before being posted to the 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment.
He was killed in action aged 19 years on the 27th May 1918 in the Aisne region during the heavy German attacks, of the spring offensive of 1918. He is remembered with honour on the Soissons Memorial.
L/Cpl. William Quintis Ewart Hill
British Army 14th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Belfast
(d.16 Aug 1917)
Pte William Hill
British Army 14th (West of England) Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment
from:Bristol
(d.23rd August 1916)
Cpl. William Hill
British Army 6th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Leverton
(d.10th June 1917)
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