BORN HULL 1897. SON OF RICHARD HILL (1874-1943) & ADA RAWLING. OF 8, JOHNS TERRACE, KENT STREET, HULL AND 2, CICERO TERRACE, SWANN STREET, HULL(1911 CENSUS & WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A FORMER ROYAL ENGINEER (1902-1907) AND CORN PORTER. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, HAROLD, & FIVE SISTERS.
EMPLOYED AS A BOX MAKER AT THE HULL RECKITT’S FACTORY.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 2885, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1/5TH BORDER REGIMENT. REPORTED WOUNDED, MISSING AND KILLED ON 01/10/1916, AGED 20. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ADA, AT THIS WAR PENSION ADDRESS.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON TH
| Name | Richard Hill |
|---|---|
| Death Date | 1 Oct 1918 |
| Death Place | France and Flanders |
| Enlistment Place | Hull, Yorks |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Border Regiment |
| Battalion | 5th Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 241927 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
E THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING ON THE SOMME. HIS NAME IS ALSO RECORDED ON THE RECKITTS WW1 BOYS CLUB ROLL OF HONOUR, HULL.
First name:
RICHARD ARTHUR
Military Number:
241927
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/10/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
20
