The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lieutenant H B Hill

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Lieutenant Harold Belfit HILL, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, attached R.A.F. No.26, Training Depot Station, Edzell, died in an air crash, Montrose, Scotland, 6th September 1918 while flying Avro 504A B4352, age 24. Second Lieutenant E B Mathews was also in the aeroplane when it crashed and was injured.

Son of William & Katherine Hill, of Polesworth, Warwickshire.

1901 Census - 40 Wellington Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham - William Hill, head, age 47, married, mining engineer, worker, born Ireland; Katherine Hill, wife, age 40, married, born Winchester, Hampshire; Laurence B Hill, son, age 8, born Witton-le-Wear, Durham; Harold B Hill, son, age 7, born Witton-le-Wear, Durham; *Arthur M Hill, son, age 6, born Polesworth, Warwickshire; Sibyl K Hill, daughter, age 3, born Polesworth, Warwickshire; Mary I Hill, daughter, age 2, born Polesworth, Warwickshire; Florence G Edwards, servant, age 26, single, governess, born Cardigan, Aberystwyth; Hannah M Lees, servant, age 22, single, cook, born Polesworth, Warwickshire; Amy A Buston?, servant, age 16, general servant, born Polesworth, Warwickshire.

* 2nd Lieutenant Arthur Moberly Hill, North Somerset Yeomanry, attached Somerset Light Infantry, killed in the battle of Arras, 9th April 1917, age 22.

1911 Census - Woodboarne, 63 Wheeleys Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham - William Reginald Hill, boarder, age 14, school, born Polesworth, Warwickshire.

Lieutenant William Reginald Hill, MC & Bar, Durham Light Infantry, died as a Prisoner of War in Germany, 6th November 1918, age 22.

1911 Census - Polesworth, Tamworth, Warwickshire - William Hill, head, age 57 years & 1 month, married, mining engineer, colliery manager, worker, born Dublin, Ireland; Katherine Hill, wife, age 50 years & 3 months, married 19 years, 7 children, all still alive, born Winchester, Hampshire; Harold Belfit Hill, son, age 17 years 5 months, single, student, born Witton-le-Wear, Durham; Sibyl Katherine Hill, daughter, age 13 years & 4 months, student, born Dordon, Tamworth; Mary Irene? Hill, daughter, age 12 years & 2 months, student, born Birmingham; Isabel Margorie Hill, daughter, age 6 years & 2 months, born Dordon, Tamworth; Amy Garrett, nursery governess, age 24, single, nursery governess, born Rothersthorpe, Northampton; Sarah Bate, servant, age 13 years & 1 month, domestic servant, born Manchester.

Served as Corporal, in Royal Medical Corps, Service No. 41749; 31st March 1915, Egypt; 14th September 1915, Commissioned.

1st December 1918, Probate - Hill Harold Belfit, of The Briars, Nuneaton, Warwickshire. Lieutenant in The Royal West Kent Regiment, and the R.A.F. died 6th September 1918 at Edzell, Forfarshire. Administration Birmingham to William Hill, Managing Director of a Company; Effects £33 9s 5d.

Buried at St Editha, Churchyard, East of Church, Polesworth, Warwickshire, United Kingdom.

London Gazette 14th September 1915.

The under mentioned Cadets and ex-Cadets of the Officers Training Corps, to be Second Lieutenants (on probation). Dated 15th September, 1915.

Harold Belfit Hill - Royal West Kent Regiment

London Gazette 23rd June 1916.

The under mentioned 2nd Lieutenants, on probation, are confirmed in their rank. - H B Hill

London Gazette 23rd July 1917.

ROYAL FLYING CORPS - Mil. Wing.—The under mentioned appointments are made: Flying Officers (Observers). - 5th July 1917.

2nd Lieutenant. H. B. Hill, Royal West Kent Regiment, Special Reserve, with seniority from 12th March 1917, and to be seconded.

London Gazette 27th August 1917.

The under mentioned 2nd Lieutenants, Special Reserve to be temporary Lieutenants whilst serving with R.F.C.

1st August 1917: H. B. Hill, Royal West Kent Regiment.

London Gazette 20th February 1918.

SPECIAL RESERVE OF OFFICERS. RESERVE UNITS. INFANTRY.

Royal West Kent Regiment. The under mentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants - 1st July 1917. H B Hill and to remain seconded.

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