Name
(Edward) Cyril Hills
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
22/03/1918
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
266461
Hertfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
UNICORN CEMETERY, VENDHUILE
IV. G. 14.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hoddesdon and Rye Park Town Memorial, Hoddesdon, St Catherine and St Paul’s Church Memorial, Hoddesdon, St Cuthbert's Rye Park Church Memorial, Rye Park, Not listed on the Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford, Not on the Hertford memorials*1
Pre War
Born in 1894 in Old Southgate, Middlesex son of Joshua and Emily Hills and living in Houghton Cottages, Hoddesdon in 1901.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Hertford and was killed in action.
Additional Information
*1 Edward is also commemorated on a headstone in Hertford (All Saints) Churchyard. His inscription reads:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON EDWARD CYRIL HILLS WHO FELL IN ACTION MARCH 22ND 1918 AGED 25 YEARS
"UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN"
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild
