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Cpl. William Hill
British Army 6th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Leverton
(d.10th June 1917)
Pte. James Frederick Hillard
British Army 17th Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:Middlesex
My Grandfather, James Frederick Hillard was an ambulance driver during WW1. He joined the 17th Battalion (then the 23rd) to serve along side his footballing heroes. He was, like my brothers and I now, a QPR Fan.
He was born in 1898, so was 16 when he joined. He was awarded the British and Victory medals post war for his services in the French Red Cross during his time with the 17th and 23rd Middlesex Battalions. He is listed in the back of the book 'When the Whistle Blows', a book about the 17th Battalion.
Pte. Albert Hillary
British Army 714 Company Labour Corps
Sgt. Walter Thomas Hillary
British Army 8th Btn. Norfolk Regiment
from:London
(d.25th Jul 1916)
Walter Hillary was in a sniper section of his unit.
Rflmn. Joseph Hillas
British Army 2/7th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
(d.27th March 1918)
I have just returned from helping to dedicate a memorial to the Bradford Pals in Bus Les Artois, but while out there I was privileged to lay a cross at the site of the trench outside the Village of Bucquoy in which my great uncle, Joe Hillas 241178 of the Prince Of Wales 7th Leeds Rifles, was killed. His body was never found and he is mentioned on the Arras Memorial.
Pte. Joseph Hillas
British Army 2/7th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Tyersal, Bradford
(d.27th March 1918)
My great uncle, Joseph Hillas, died in Bucquoy on 27th March 1918. Accounts say he died with an officer, but neither body was found. He is remembered on Bay 4 of the Arras Memorial. Joe was the elder brother of my grandfather, Alfred James who, luckily, was too young for the war.
Pte. Joseph Hillas
British Army 2/7th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Bradford
(d.27th March 1918)
None of my family are alive who may have met my great uncle, Joe Hillas. His medals and death plaque have, sadly, long left the family and we have no photos of him. But I always remember him on 27th March. He has no known grave, but I have been to see his name on the Arras Memorial Bay 4. RIP great uncle Joe.
Pte. Joseph Hillery
British Army 9th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
from:Hamsterley Colliery
(d.25th Jul 1917)
Joseph Hillery was my Grandmother's uncle, from a long line of miners living in the north east of England, based around the Durham, Consett, South Shields area. He enlisted with the territorials in the 9th Btn prior to the Great War, but doesn't appear to have deployed to France until the 20th of April 1915 according to his record card.
At some point, thereafter, he was attached to the 171st Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers, but further details are sketchy (My Gran not knowing very much and being very ill at present). It is assumed this attachment was because of his mining background prior to the war. Tunnelling was to be his undoing, as from the records I have, he was killed in action 25th of July 1917 during a mining expedition aged just 23, during preparations for the 3rd Battle of Ypres. Being laid to rest at Poperinghe New Military Cemetery.
Pte. Albert Henry Hilliard
British Army 7th Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment
from:Elton, Peterborough
(d.27th September 1915)
Pte. Cecil Hilliard
British Army 1st Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment
from:Elton, Peterborough
(d.10th September 1916)
Cecil Hilliard and two of his brothers fought in the Great War. Cecil died of his wounds aged 21 and is laid to rest in the Millencourt Communal Cemetery Extension.
Pte. Charles Hilliard
Royal Irish Fusiliers 1st Btn.
from:Harpenden, Hertfordshire
Charles Hilliard joined the Royal Irish Fusiliers before WW1 and we think was a reserve in 1914, he was called up immediately at the start of the war leaving for France in August 1914. Amazingly he served throughout the war returning home in 1918 with only an injury to his foot. We don't know very much about his army life except he participated in cross country running competitions which he often won and we have a Wedgewood bowl that was one of his prizes. He died in the late 1960's having never discussed his army life.
L/Sgt. William Hillidge
British Army 1st Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Caygill Street, Salford
(d.12th August 1918)
Pte. Thomas Harvey James Hillier
British Army 8th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry
from:3 Lansdown View Upper Weston, Bath
My grandfather, Thomas Hillier, joined the Somerset Light Infantry on 1st of December 1915 aged 31. He was severely wounded in the mouth, chest, and back on 17th of May 1918. He was transferred from 48th Field Ambulance to 42nd Ambulance Train on 21 May 1918. He was discharged from the Army on 15th of October 1918. He spent 17 weeks as an inmate of the Pensions Hospital. He was an invalid after his discharge and unable to work. My father, his son, Edward Hillier was born in February 1922. Unfortunately, Thomas died on 24th January 1924 aged 39 at the Royal United Hospital, Bath after complications brought on by the injuries received in WW1.
Bmbdr. Walter Harold Hillier
British Army 189th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:St Marylebone, London
My father, Walter Hillier rarely spoke about the War, apart from three things.
- 1. He had a hand gun stolen from him and when it was recovered he was asked to identify it which he could do just by the feel of the handle. So there must have been some mark or nick in the butt to make it so obvious.
- 2. He could remember the name of just one of his horses, Lion, so it must have lasted longer than the others.
- 3. After each engagement the officers came round with just three questions: How many guns were lost? How many horses were lost? How many men were lost? Always in that order.
Pte. William Watson Hillier
British Army 8th Btn. Royal West Kent Regiment
Born at Witham Friary, Somerset in 1891, William Hillier worked in London as a Dairy Man. Volunteered in August/September 1914 and arrived in France 30th August 1915. He took part in the Battle of Loos and was lucky to survive. He was with the Battalion at the Battle of Messines and was wounded by shrapnel possibly early August 1917 during Battle of Passchendaele. He returned to UK for hospital treatment and returned to France as 589661 Labour Corps.
He was discharged in 1919 and worked on the Railways as a Signalman, married Dorothy Thornhill Whiting of London and settled at Kemsing, Kent. He is my paternal grandfather.
Pte. R. Hillington
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Grimsby
(d.1st July 1916)
R Hillingtin is named on the Thiepval Memorial
Pte. John Hillman
British Army 26th Btn. London Regiment
from:Banstead, Surrey
(d.14th July 1918)
John Hillman, known as Jack, was the son of Alfred and Helen Hillman of Park Farm, Banstead, Surrey. He was born on 13th July 1899 and died the day after his 19th birthday, he lies buried with over 800 others at La Clytte Military Cemetery in Belgium. Unfortunately his parents were never to see the grave of their son. Under age, he had volunteered to join the army after receiving a white feather.
His name is on the Banstead War Memorial and more details are in the book 'These Men of Banstead' by Lewis N Wood, members of Banstead History Research Group and contributions from their descendants.
Sjt. R. Hillman
British Army 70th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Gnr. Alfred Bertram Hills
British Army 10th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Lower Sydenham, London
(d.1st June 1915)
Alfred Hills was born in New York to an English family, who subsequently returned to England in the early 1900's. He was a regular soldier as the 1911 census has him in an Army base at Plympton St Mary Devon. He went to France on 16th of February 1915 and was killed on 1st of June 1915 and is buried in Brown's Road Military Cemetary, Festubert, France I am his great nephew and found a photograph of him and his date of death when clearing out some old papers of my father.
Gnr. Arthur Hills
British Army "K" Anti-Aircraft Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Crayford, Kent.
(d.17th Oct 1918)
Arthur Hills died on 17th Oct 1918 aged 31. I have a card of him with an unknown female, with the writing on the back, to Mary with love dated 02/03/18. I would be interested in any further information
Gnr. Eli Hills
British Army A Battery, 82 Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Stoke Newington
At the commencement of Kaiserschlacht on the 21st of March 1918, my Grandfather Eli Hils was serving as a Gunner with 'A' Battery, LXXX11 Brigade, R.F.A. This Battery was located 1,000 yards west of Fort Vendeuil and it fought valiantly throughout the day until it was finally overun by about 5.00pm. The Battery suffered many casualties during the day and Eli himself was initially reported killed in action. In fact his wife was actually sent the bronze memorial plaque and memorial scroll which were awarded to the next of kin of servicemen killed in action.
Fortunately, however, Eli had survived and spent the rest of the War as a P.O.W. Interestingly The Index to War Deaths 1914-1921 Army (Other Ranks) still erroneously lists Eli as having died in 1918.
George Charles Hills
British Army 3/10th Btn. London Regiment
from:London
Pte. Henry Thomas Ware "Sonny" Hills
British Army 818th MT Coy. Army Service Corps
from:3 Workhouse Cottages, Rochford, Essex
(d.13th Oct 1918)
Herny Hills is my grandfather, buried in Golhak war cemetery in Tehran. I have not found reference to the 818 Motorised Transport Company before in Persia (nor elsewhere). My father told me nothing about him. Clearly there was some military action in Tehran and Henry died a month before the end of WW1.
Sjt. Herbert Walter Hills DCM, MID.
British Army 1st Battalion East Kent Regiment
from:Broadstairs
(d.31st May 1918)
My great great granddad, Herbert Walter Hills, died aged 25 leaving 3 children, one being my grandma Mildred, she never met her father. It appears Herbert enlisted in the Army at aged 16 on 5th June 1909 and went straight to France. He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal and the 2nd class of the Russian Order of St. George, the order was granted by the late Tsar.
I feel so proud of Herbert in so many ways and it saddens me thinking of him as just a boy fighting in such horrible conditions. I would love to know what he did to obtain his awards. I wear my great grandma's wedding ring and will now wear it with such pride.
Rest in Peace Herbert Walter Hills DCM.MID. "The Buffs"
A/Cpl. Horrace Robert Hills
Royal Garrison Artillery 96th Siege Battery
from:15 Richards Place, Chelsea
Horrace Hills was my step father's dad. I know little of the man as my family has always been tight lipped about the family history and he passed before I was old enough to ask all the right questions. Horrace joined the Royal Garrison Artillery in 1915, serving with the 96th Siege Battery. He married in 1917 and left in the spring of 1919. His wife died from what appears to have been the Spanish flu on March 2nd of that year.
His military records show that he had requested information about rejoining the army during the summer of 1919 and may have served an additional year with the Army of Occupation in Germany. My dad mentioned that he suffered from a shrapnel wound to the upper leg or thigh but his records show no mention of wounds. Between 1915 and 1919 he was assigned to the 96th Siege Battery.
Horrace immigrated to Canada sometime during the mid to late 1920s, remarried and raised 2 sons and 2 daughters. He worked as an independent building contractor and passed away on Christmas Eve 1970 in Ottawa. I truly wish I could provide more details.
Capt. John David Hills MC&bar, CdeG.
British Army 5th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment
Lance Corporal Joseph Henry Hills MM and 2 Clasps
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers
from:Battersea
My Grandfather was an orphan and went straight from the orphanage to the army. He was born in 1898 and was therefore to young to fight at the beginning of the war. I do not know very much about his active service other than the dates of his citations for the Military Medal. The first was 21st October 1918, the second was 13th March 1919 and the last was on the 17th June 1919. I believe that the last was awarded for action with the BEF in Archangel fighting for the White Russians. I believe that my Grandfather is the only member of the Royal Scots Fusiliers to have been awarded 2 clasps to the Military Medal.
2nd Lt Lawrence Clifford Hills
British Army 1st Btn Lincolnshire Regiment
from:6 Inchmery Rd, Catford, London
(d.3rd Jul 1916)
Cpl. Leslie Clarence Hills
British Army 57th Coy. Machine Gun Corps
from:Kingsnorth, Kent
Leslie Hills signed his Attestation on the 5th of September 1916, he was sent to France on the 13th of February 1917. He was wounded on the 17th of October 1917, discharged as unfit on the 14th of August 1918. He appears to have served with 19th (Western) Division, 57th Brigade before being moved to the 14th Machine Gun Battalion in February 1918.
Pte. Reginald Howard Hills
British Army 10th Bn. Royal West Kent Regiment
from:Northfleet, Kent
(d.8th June 1917)
Reginald Hills is my Grandfather, who I only recently discovered whilst researching my family tree. From what I have found out he died of wounds received and was treated at the ADS in Proven near Popperingen before being buried at Mendinghem Cemetary.
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