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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:

  • 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
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.



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