Born 1899, the fourth of five children to James and Sarah Elizabeth Hill, of 216, Dansom Lane and 55, Grange Street, Fountain Road, Hull (War Pension address). He is recorded as Charles Frederick Hill in the war pension records and as Frederick Hill in Soldiers Died records.
Frederick was a Stoker by trade.
He enlisted in Liverpool in January 1916 and became 23668 in the 3rd West Yorkshire Regiment, before being sent to the Pals to help fill gaps in the line. Perhaps the saddest part is that he lied. He gave his age as 19 years and 2 months in order to join up. He was 17. A boy. Frederick Hill was killed in action on 12th April 1918 somewhere near the French village of Bethune, fighting a rearguard action against the advancing German Army.
His body was never recovered and his name is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial. He was 19 years old.
