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Lt. Victor Leo Hill

British Army Royal Garrison Artillery

from:Newport, Isle of Wight

Victor Leo Hill in 1901

Victor Leo Hill in 1901

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"

Victor Leo Hill

Victor Leo Hill

Victor Leo Hill

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