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Company Serjeant Major

George Hills

Service Number 7858
Military Unit 10th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers
Date of birth Unknown
Date of Death 30 Jan 1916 (32 Years Old)
Place of Birth Nottingham
Employment, Education or Hobbies He was a career soldier
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.

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