George Hills
Service Number
7858
Military Unit
10th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers
Date of birth
Date of Death
30 Jan 1916 (32 years old)
Place of Birth
Nottingham
Employment, Education or Hobbies
He was a career soldier
- Family History
- Military History
- Extra Information
- Photographs
Family History
He was the son of George and Mary Hills and the brother of Frederick and Alice Hills. In 1911 he was serving in India. He lived on Parliament Street Nottingham. His effects of £82 14 shillings and 3 pence were left to his sister Alice Taylor wife of Robert Taylor (Probate London 19/10/1916).
Military History
George Hills enlisted in Nottingham in 1901.
Ration Farm Military Cemetery, La Chapelle-D'Armentieres grave reference I D 5
Extra Information
Nottingham Evening Post on 18th February 1916 : -
HILLS. – Killed in action, in France, January 30th, C.S.M. Hills, Northumberland Fusiliers, Hermon-street, Nottingham, after 15 years' service.”
Obituary courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918.
Photographs
George Hills
Photograph published in the Nottingham Eving Post on 1st March 1916, courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918.
George Hills
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone marking the grave of George Hills in Ration Farm Military Cemetery La Chapelle D'Armmentieres, France