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Cpl. Charles William Hill
Royal Air Force 20 Squadron
from:Birmingham
(d.30th July 1918)
Charles Hill was born in Aston, Birmingham, he was one of the six children of Emily and Samuel Hill of Inkerman Street, Birmingham.
Charlie is my great uncle who was shot down and killed near Ypres on 30th of July 1918. He was 26 when he died. He was an observer/gunner in Bristol Fighter E2471 being flown by Sgt J J Cowell. They were shot down by Lt Frederick Ritter Von Röth of Nuremburg. Von Röth was a German fighter ace with 28 victories to his name. He later committed suicide on New Year's Eve 1918, apparently depressed by the German defeat and troubled by his killings during the war.
Charlie's brother Jack was also killed flying with the RAF in October 1918.
Charlie rests in Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery near Ypres, Belgium.