Name
Charles Glencairn Hill (CMG, DSO)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
26/06/1915
42
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant Colonel
Princess Charlotte of Wales’ (Royal Berkshire) Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Mentioned in Despatches, Companion of St Michael & St George, Distinguished Service Order (South Africa)
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
VIEILLE-CHAPELLE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, LACOUTURE
II. B. 17.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 22 Sep 1872 in H.M. Prison, Winchester, son of Charles West Hill (late Capt. 69th Regt. and Prison Governor) and Elinor Jane Hill. Educated at Haileybury College 1886–89. Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant on 20 May 1893, Lieutenant 28 Nov 1895 and Captain 14 Mar 1903. Served in South Africa 1899-1901.
Wartime Service
Entered France on 13 Aug 1914 with the British Expeditionary Force and was killed in action.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
