Name
John Hill
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
14/02/1917
39
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
30818
Bedfordshire Regiment
4th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
VIII. B. 189.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
St Albans Citizens Memorial, Town Hall (old) Memorial, St Albans, St Paul's Church Memorial, St Albans,
Pre War
Son of Mrs. and the late Mr. J. Hill, of Musselburgh, Edinburgh.
The Soldiers Died In The Great War database records that he was born in Musselburgh, Edinburghand was living in Fleetville (St Albans) when he was conscripted, joining the Army in Bedford on July 10th, 1916.
Address at some point given as 13 Kimberley Road, St Albans.
Wartime Service
He arroved in France at the end ob November 1916 - his training shortened as a resuly og l,osses on the Somme.
Died of wounds.
The Herts Advertsiser reported his death:
"The sad news of the death of Pte. J. Hill, whose home address was 13, Kimberly Rd. Fleetville, St. Albans, and who prior to enlistment was a golf professional at Cunnynhame-hill, has been received. He died in Boulogne Hospital, from wounds received an action, and leaves a widow and two children. Before joining up he was for eight years in the employ of Messes. Nicholson’s Ltd., and had only been in France two months when he was fatally wounded. Whilst at Cunnynhame-hill he taught golf to many well-known residents of St. Albans. He was but 39 years of age, and much sympathy is felt for his widow and widowed mother, who lives in Mussulburgh(sic), Scotland, this being the second son she has lost in the war. Her eldest son, a Sergeant in the Royal Scots, was killed recently in France, and her youngest son has been discharged from the army after being severely wounded. Pte. J. Hill was called up on July 10th, 1916, and went to France on the last day in November."
Biography
Son of Mrs. and the late Mr. J. Hill, of Musselburgh, Edinburgh.
The Soldiers Died In The Great War database records that he was born in Musselburgh, Edinburgh and was living in Fleetville, Herts. (St Albans) when he conscripted, enlisting in Bedford.
Acknowledgments
Gareth Hughes
