BORN HULL 1881. SON OF HENRY & SARAH HILL, OF 45 CAVE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). A COAL DEALER. HE MARRIED ETHEL HUNTER (1884-1978) AT NEWLAND, HULL, ON 09/09/1909, AGED 26. HIS WIFE ETHEL HILL LIVED AT 6 VICTORIA AVENUE, HORNSEA AND 4 BROOKLYN VILLAS, BROOKLYN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 130 LBS WEIGHT, 36-38 INCH CHEST.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 11/12/1915. CALLED UP ON 01/09/1916. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 06/01/1917. SERVED WITH THE 1/5TH ROYAL LANCASTER REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/03/1917, AGED 36. COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES, MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, YPRES.
First name:
ALBERT
Military Number:
242573
Rank:
Private
Date Died
09/03/1917
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
36
4 BROOKLYN VILLAS, BROOKLYN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
