257324 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.
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