Regt., att. North Lancashire Regt., only _s._ of the late John
Bird Hickling, by his wife, Clara (4, Chestnut Avenue, Bournemouth),
dau. of the late Alderman Robert Eyre Applegate Eyres; _b._
Lymington, 17 Aug. 1895; educ. privately (Mr. John Murray); Langharne
House School, Victoria Road, Southsea and Bournemouth School (Dr.
Fenwick) where he joined the School Corps in Jan. 1908; becoming
L.-Corpl. Sept. 1911 and Corpl. Jan. 1912. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut.
to the 3rd Gloucestershires, 8 Oct. 1913; and promoted Lieut. in Aug.
1914; went to France in Sept., and was att. to the North Lancashire
Regt. He died at No. 4 Clearing Hospital, Poperinghe, about 2 Nov.
1914, of wounds received in action, 27–28 Oct. A brother officer wrote:
“On the night of the 23rd we were in billets at a village quite near to
..., when we got the order to go forward suddenly and turn the enemy
out of some of our trenches which they had captured near ..., and so
we pushed forward at dawn of the 24th, and came under fire, and then I
was told off with Hickling to act as a left flank-guard while the rest
of the Battn. advanced, and there he and I stayed with half a company
(100 men) until about 7.30 a.m. Then we, in turn, had the order to
advance, and went forward over the turnip fields and then out on to
open ploughed land without a vestige of cover anywhere, and bullets
flying round us like bees. Then as we got to within 300 yards of the
enemy’s trenches I got hit just above the knee and was, of course, to
all intents and purposes, ‘down and out.’ But I yelled to Hickling to
take the men on. Whether he heard me or not I can’t say, but I saw him
afterwards running forward with his men, and I was told later that he
got through alright. Then I lay there for about seven or eight hours
unable to move until some ambulance people came along about 4 p.m., and
took me back on a stretcher, and when I got back I heard that Hickling
had been badly shot in the hip.”
[Illustration: =Edward R. E. Hickling.=]
=HICKLING, WILLIAM CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3046),
S.S. 100493, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast
of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HICKS, FREDERICK RICHARD=, Lieut.-Col., 1st Battn. Hampshire
Regt., only surviving _s._ of the late Francis Hicks, of
Lanhainsworth, St. Columb, co. Cornwall, by his wife, Catherine, dau.
of the late John Hicks; _b._ Plymouth, 10 Sept. 1871; educ.
Sherborne and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and received his
commission in the Hampshire Regt. 8 Oct. 1890, being promoted Lieut.
10 Aug. 1892; Capt. 17 April, 1898; Brevet-Major, 22 Aug. 1902; Major,
8 Aug. 1908; and Lieut.-Col. -- Dec. 1914. He served in Uganda, 9 Jan.
1898, to 27 May, 1900 (medal), and was on Special Service in South
Africa, 9 May to 26 July, 1900, being afterwards on the Staff of the
Military Governor of Johannesburg (Major-Gen. Colin Mackenzie), and
later (1 Dec. 1901 to 30 Nov. 1902) was employed with the Rand Rifles.
For his services in this campaign he was mentioned in Despatches
[London Gazette, 29 July, 1902], and received the Queen’s medal with
three clasps and the King’s medal with two clasps. He served with
the 2nd Hampshires at Malta and Bermuda, and with the 1st Battn. at
Londonderry and Colchester, and from 10 Oct. 1909, to 8 March, 1912,
was Brigade Major, 16th Brigade, Irish Command, and from 9 March, 1912,
to 9 Oct. 1913, General Staff Officer (2nd Grade), Coast Defence,
Southern Command. He was a Staff College Graduate, and a first-class
interpreter. On the outbreak of the European War, he went to France,
22 Aug. 1914. and assumed command of the 1st Hampshires (the old 37th)
after Col. Jackson was taken prisoner. He was wounded at Le Cateau a
few days later (26 Aug.), and invalided home, but returned to the Front
on 9 Nov. and was again wounded in action near Ypres on 8 May. He was
sent home, and died in Guy’s Hospital, of enteric and wounds, 12 June,
1915. Col. Hicks _m._ at Winchester Cathedral, 2 Nov. 1903, Grace
Winifred (Lanhainsworth, St. Columb, Cornwall), yst. dau. of the late
Rev. William Henry Hewett, and had issue: John Nettleton, _b._ 3
May, 1906; Roger Bertram Nettleton, _b._ 27 Dec. 1909; and Mervyn
Nettleton, _b._ 28 Jan. 1911.
[Illustration: =Frederick Richard Hicks.=]
=HICKS, JAMES THOMAS WILLIAM=, Private, No. 1849, 5th Batt. Royal
Sussex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Albert Hicks, of 3, Clyde Villas,
Ladbore Road, Rye, by his wife, Emma, dau. of James Tapp; _b._
Rye, co. Sussex, 16 Jan. 1895; educ. Rye Council School; enlisted 22
May, 1914; went to France 18 Feb. 1915, and died of wounds received in
action at Cambray, 24 May, 1915; _unm._
=HICKS, WALTER GERALD=, 2nd Lieut., 8th (Service) Battn. Royal
Fusiliers, only _s._ of the late Walter Hicks, of St. Austell,
by his wife, Kattie, dau. of the late Samuel William Cooke; _b._
St. Austell, co. Cornwall, 2 Oct. 1893; educ. Blundell’s, and London
University (at both of which he was a member of the O.T.C.); was
studying at the University when war broke out; obtained a commission in
the 8th Royal Fusiliers, 26 Aug. 1914; went to France 31 May, 1915, and
died at Armentières, 11 Aug. 1915 of wounds received while scouting.
His Colonel wrote: “He was one of the most gallant boys I have ever
met and would go anywhere and do anything. His men adored him, and his
Captain could not speak too highly of him. He was intensely gallant
and did not know the word ‘fear.’” A brother officer wrote: “His men
worshipped him, and no words of mine can describe to you what he did
for them. I remember the platoon from the very start, and had never
thought it possible that it could have been brought up to the pitch of
efficiency that he had attained. He set a fine example of cool courage
to us all--officers and men.”
[Illustration: =Walter Gerald Hicks.=]
=HIGGINBOTTOM, FRANK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3228), S.S. 754, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=HIGGINBOTTOM, THOMAS=, Private, No. 1635, 14th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, _s._ of James Samuel Higginbottom; _b._
Salford, co. Lancaster, 10 Nov. 1886; educ. St. Bartholomew’s Schools
there; and served four years in the Manchester Territorials; went to
Australia early in 1914, and being there when war began, volunteered
and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, 13 Sept. 1914; took
part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and served
there continuously for four months, being killed in action, 25 Aug.
1915, and was buried in Australia Valley. He _m._ 12 Sept. 1909,
Margaret Ann (9, Crokell Street, Salford), dau, of Timothy Leniham,
and had issue three children: Thomas, _b._ 17 Jan. 1911; Stanley,
_b._ 19 Feb. 1913; and Margaret, _b._ 1 July, 1910.
=HIGGINS, FREDERIC=, Shipwright, 1st Class, 345691, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HIGGINS, HARRY=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1987), H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HIGGS, CHARLES=, Leading Stoker, 300794, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost
in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HIGH, GEORGE HENRY=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 22784, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=HILEY, HERBERT=, Stoker, R.N.R., 2196S., H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HILDYARD, NONA MILDRED=, Nurse, New Zealand Expeditionary Force,
dau. of William Hildyard, of Lyttleton, New Zealand, by his wife,
Betsy Ann, dau. of John (and Harriet) Libballie; _b._ Lyttleton
aforesaid, 4 Nov. 1890; educ. Lyttleton Public Schools; entered the
Christ Church Hospital, New Zealand, where she soon attracted the
attention of her superiors, and on the outbreak of war was one of the
nurses specially selected by the Government to go to the Front with
the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. She left for Egypt 11 July, 1915,
and was for some time engaged in the Base Hospital, Port Said. When
the New Zealand troops were being transferred to Salonika, she sailed
for that port with the other nurses of the hospital, and was lost on
the troopship Marquetta, when that ship was torpedoed in the Gulf of
Salonika 23 Oct. 1915. Doctors who were eye-witnesses of the disaster
affirm that she displayed wonderful courage and fortitude, and sang
“Tipperary” and “Are we downhearted? No!” to the last to keep up the
spirits of her comrades.
[Illustration: =Nona Mildred Hildyard.=]
=HILL, ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, 225607, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost
when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=HILL, CHARLES HAYDOCK=, Private, No. 28739, 16th Battn.
(Canadian Scottish), Canadian Expeditionary Force, yr. _s._ of
the late James Catesworth Hill, of Barnwood, Gloucester, by his wife,
Frances, dau. of Charles Bird; _b._ Hereford, 5 Sept. 1890; educ.
South-Eastern College, Ramsgate; qualified as an Electrical Engineer
at the Central Technical College, London; went to Canada in 1912, and
entered the employ of the British Electrical Co.; joined 50th Gordons
at Victoria in 1913; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and enlisted
in the Canadian Scottish; came over with the 1st Contingent in Oct.
1914; went to France, Feb. 1915, and died at No. 8 Casualty Clearing
Station, 28 April, 1915, of wounds received in action the previous day
near Ypres, when a shell took off his right leg. Buried in Bailleul
Cemetery; _unm._
[Illustration: =Charles Haydock Hill.=]
=HILL, CHARLES WILLIAM JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9149), 204395,
H.M.S. Aboukir, lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HILL, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5058), S.S. 1835, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HILL, GEORGE PAYNE=, Sergt., No. 391, North Riding Battery, 2nd
Northumbrian Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of
Thomas Hill, of West Pier, Whitby, Sculptor, by his wife, Catherine,
dau. of John Waller; _b._ Whitby, co. Yorks, 27 May, 1884; educ.
Mount School, Whitby; was a Monumental Mason; joined the Volunteer
Force in Feb. 1903, and transferred to the Territorials in 1908. On
the outbreak of war he volunteered for foreign service; went with his
battery to the Front, Sunday, 18 April, 1915, and died in hospital at
Bailleul, 24 May, 1915, from wounds received in action at Ypres the
same day. The gun detachment under Sergt. Hill was completely wiped
out by a bursting shell, all the men who belonged to the Scarborough
section being killed, the Sergt. surviving for a short time only. The
gun which was damaged was eventually saved and brought safely back to
the British line, by a detachment of the Whitby Territorial Force,
who were supplying the guns still in action with ammunition, amidst a
veritable hail of bursting shells. He was buried in Bailleul Cemetery.
He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 30 Nov. 1915.
Sergt. Hill _m._ at St. Mary’s Parish Church, Whitby, 5 June,
1907, Margaret, dau. of the late Thomas Stott, Mariner, and had three
children: Thomas Stott, _b._ 25 July, 1910; George, _b._ 31
March, 1913: and Mabel, _b._ 2 Jan. 1909. He had been a ringer at
Whitby Parish Church since the formation of a change ringing company
in 1909: he had taken part in peals of Plain Bob Triples and Major,
Grandsire Triples and Caters, and Kent Treble Bob Major and Royal, and
previous to the outbreak of war was looking forward to scoring his
first peal of Stedman Triples.
[Illustration: =George Payne Hill.=]
=HILL, LEONARD AUGUSTUS=, Private, No. 1967, 1/8th Battn. The
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late Edmund Hill, Engine
Driver, G.W.R., by his wife Martha (38, Dudley Road, Southall Green,
Middlesex), dau. of Richard Castle; _b._ Gloucester, 21 Sept.
1896; educ. Featherstone Road Boys’ School, Southall; was an Engineer;
joined the Middlesex Territorials, 17 Feb. 1913; volunteered for
foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 8
March, 1915, and died in No. 10 Stationary Hospital, 29 April, 1915,
from wounds received in action the previous day near Ypres. Sergt. A.
Cornwell wrote: “He was one of my best men, and one of the most popular
in the Coy.... Only two days before he shared the contents of his
parcel amongst the boys. Always cheerful, always willing, one of the
best of workers. We all miss him.... He was one of the first over the
parapet after the Germans when he was killed.”
[Illustration: =Leonard Augustus Hill.=]
=HILL, LESLIE BROWNLOW=, Private, No. 28744, 16th Battn. (50th
Gordon Highlanders, of Canada), Canadian Expeditionary Force,
_s._ of the late Elvis Ford Hill, of London, Cigar and Tobacco
Merchant, by his wife, Marie Klara (620, Battery Street, James Bay,
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada), dau. of the late John Mathias
Lerner, of London, England; _b._ Portland Place, London, W., 1
July, 1889; educ. Margate College; served for a short period with
the North Staffordshire Regt. and afterwards in the Royal Navy, and
having received his discharge, went to Canada in 1913, and settled at
Victoria, B.C.; joined the 50th Gordon Highlanders, 16 June, 1914,
and when war broke out, immediately volunteered for Imperial Service.
He left Valcartier, for England, 28 Sept. 1914; went to France, 22
Feb. 1915; came safely through the Battle of Ypres, 25 April, 1915,
but was wounded in the trenches by a fragment of shell two days later
(27 April), and died the same day in No. 8 British Field Ambulance;
_unm._ He was buried in Vlamertinghe Cemetery, Ypres (B192, Sec.
4). His brother, Elvis Ford Hill, No. 9352, is now (1916) on active
service with the R.A.M.C.
[Illustration: =Leslie Brownlow Hill.=]
=HILL, WALTER EDWARD=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. North Staffordshire
Regt., only _s._ of the late Rev. Charles Rowland Haydock Hill,
Rector of Holy Trinity, Dorchester, and Canon of Salisbury, by his
wife, Ellen Maria (68, King’s Gate Street, Winchester), 2nd dau.
of Hon. Edward Bennet Wrottesley [5th _s._ of John, 1st Baron
Wrottesley]; _b._ Dorchester, co. Dorset, 6 Sept 1892; educ.
Winchester; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Special Reserve, 3 May, 1911, and
promoted Lieut. 17 April, 1913; went to France 8 Sept. 1914, and was
killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 25 Sept. 1914; _unm._
Buried in Soupir Churchyard.
[Illustration: =Walter Edward Hill.=]
=HILL, WILLIAM DUDLEY=, Capt., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st, Battn.
Loyal North Lancashire Regt., yst. _s._ of Col. Frederick Jacob
Ponsonby Hill, of Cambridge Lodge, Southbourne, Hants, late 1st
Royal Scots (who served in the Crimea and Indian Mutiny), by his
wife, Elizabeth Newnham, dau. of Solomon Watson, of Ballingarrane,
co. Tipperary; _b._ Cheltenham, 24 March, 1882; educ. Saugeen
Preparatory School, Bournemouth, and (owing to temporary failure of
eyesight) privately; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd South Lancashire
Regt. 11 June, 1900, and transferred to the 1st North Lancashires, 4
May, 1901; served in the South African War (Queen’s medal with three
clasps and King’s medal with two clasps), and retired, 9 Oct. 1903.
On the outbreak of war he rejoined his Regt. and was promoted Lieut.
9 Oct. 1914, and Capt. 3 Feb. 1915; was stationed at Felixstowe with
the 3rd Battn. Sept. 1914 to March, 1915, when he went to France attd.
to the 1st Battn. and died in hospital at Bethune, 13 May, 1915, of
wounds received in action on the 9th at Rue du Bois, during the advance
against the Aubers Ridge. Wounded at the commencement of the attack,
he remained at the head of his men, until, again wounded, he fell.
He was buried in Bethune Cemetery. His Commanding Officer wrote: “In
your husband the Battn. has not only lost a keen and valuable officer,
but a friend who had endeared himself to us all by his kindly and
sympathetic nature.” The Commanding Officer of the 1st Battn. to which
he was attd., wrote: “He was wounded in the spine and stomach on Sunday
last, gallantly leading his company into action ... his loss is deeply
deplored by all of us.” Other letters from his brother officers and the
men of his regt. testify to his great popularity. A Sergt. wrote: “We
all loved and respected him.” Capt. Dudley Hill was a keen sportsman
and was particularly interested in steeplechasing. He trained many
winners under National Hunt Rules, and rode winners himself in South
Africa. He _m._ at Farnham, Surrey, 21 April, 1903, Florence
Rachel (River View, Marlow, Bucks), yst. dau. of the late William Snow
Clifton, of Houghton, Hants, and had two sons: Patrick William Dudley,
_b._ 1 July, 1904; and Anthony Ponsonby Dudley, _b._ 17
April, 1907.
[Illustration: =William Dudley Hill.=]
=HILLAND, JOSEPH=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9522), S.S.
106892, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HILLIER, ERNEST ALFRED=, Private, No. 9275, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Alfred Hillier, Gunner, No. 19392, No. 3 Battery,
1st Brigade, Lancashire Division, R.A.; by his wife, Mary (7, Sydney
Place, Bathwick, Bath), dau. of John Martin, of Tiverton-on-Avon;
_b._ Walcot, Bath, 3 June, 1892; educ. Bathwick Parochial School
and the Blue Coat School, Bath; enlisted 13 Oct. 1911; went to France
with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914; served through the retreat
from Mons, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 4 Oct.
1914; _unm._ Buried at Braisne. He had the Crossed Flags for
signalling.
[Illustration: =Ernest Alfred Hillier.=]
=HILLIS, JAMES HERBERT=, Leading Stoker, K. 4837, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=HILLIS, SAMUEL DENYS=, M.Sc., Private, No. 3583, 10th (Liverpool
Scottish) Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt. (T. F.), _s._ of Samuel
Hillis, of 2, Green Lawn, Rock Ferry, Cheshire, Cotton Broker, by his
wife, Emma Melene, dau. of the late George Benjamin Keyworth, of Marr
Grange, Doncaster; _b._ Liverpool, 9 Oct. 1892; educ. Birkenhead
School and Liverpool University, where he graduated B.Sc. in the
Chemistry Honours School in July, 1913, and after a year’s research in
Metallurgy, obtained the degree of M.Sc.; volunteered on the outbreak
of war, and joined the Liverpool Scottish in Sept. 1914; went to
Flanders the following January, and was killed in action in the great
charge at Hooge, 16 June, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Samuel Denys Hillis.=]
=HILLS, ALFRED THOMAS=, Private, No. 1248, 8th Battn. (90th
Winnipeg Rifles), Canadian Expeditionary Force, yst. _s._ of
Charles Thomas Hills, of Hornchurch, Essex, by his wife, Emily, dau.
of John Webb; _b._ Hornchurch, 14 May, 1891; educ. Hornchurch;
went to Canada in Feb. 1911, and settled at Fort William; volunteered
after the outbreak of war, and joined the Canadian E.F. at Fort William
in Aug. 1914; came over with the first contingent; went to France, 9
Feb. 1915, and died at Oxford Military Hospital, 2 May, 1915, of wounds
received in action at Ypres, 23 April. He _m._ at Romford, 21 Dec.
1914, Ada Agnes, dau. of George Miller, of Chelmsford; _s.p._
=HILLS, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7257), S.S.
102186, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HILLS, WILLIAM JESSE=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17045, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=HILLYER, THOMAS JAMES SELBY=, Sergt., No. 46007, 13th Battn.
(Royal Highlanders of Canada) Canadian Expeditionary Force, only
_s._ of Thomas Frederick Selby Hillyer, of London, Butler in
private service, by his wife, Annie, dau. of Malachi Davis; _b._
Winkfield, near Windsor, 29 Nov. 1878; educ. Cranbourne Ranelagh
School; enlisted in the 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers, 4 June, 1895;
served in the Soudan Expedition, 1898 (Queen’s medal with clasp, also
Khedive’s Star), and in the South African War, 1899–1902 (Queen’s
medal with three clasps, “Tugela Heights,” “Relief of Ladysmith,”
“Transvaal,” and King’s medal with two clasps, “South Africa, 1901,”
“1902”), and after leaving the Colours in 1903, was nine years in
the Reserve, and was employed during that period as a postman in
Winkfield village; went to Canada, 1912, and settled at Amherst, Nova
Scotia; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and joined the Canadian
Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, and came over with the first
contingent, Oct. 1914; went to France, Feb. 1915, and was killed
in action near Festubert, 21 May following. Buried at Festubert.
He _m._ at Cranbourne, Winkfield, 1 June, 1903, Kate (Lovel
Road, Winkfield, near Windsor), dau. of the late William Sharpe, of
Cranbourne, Winkfield, and had three children: Thomas William Selby,
_b._ 8 July, 1905; John Ernest, _b._ 11 Sept. 1912; and
Joyce, _b._ 11 March, 1908.
[Illustration: =Thomas J. S. Hillyer.=]
=HILSON, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Private, No. 9910, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Joshua Thomas Hilson, of 44, Middle Street North,
Driffield, co. York, formerly Royal Marine Artillery, by his wife,
Harriet, dau. of William Burriell; _b._ Driffield, co. York, 29
April, 1895; educ. National School there; enlisted 1 Jan. 1913; went to
France, Aug. 1914; died of wounds in No. 4 Clearing Station, Lillers,
24 Dec. 1914, and was buried in the cemetery there; _unm._
=HILTON, HERBERT PHILIP=, Capt., 3rd Battn. Middlesex Regt.,
eldest _s._ of Ernest P. Hilton, of 188, Cromwell Road, S.W.;
_b._ Sydenham, 13 Aug. 1873; educ. Malvern College, where he was
in the Cadet Corps, and went to Canada, and served with the North-West
Mounted Police for four years. He then returned to England and studied
for the Bar at the Inner Temple and Gray’s Inn. In 1899 he went to
South Africa and joined Roberts’ Horse, being given a commission as
2nd Lieut. Middlesex Regt., 19 May, 1901, and promoted Lieut. 12 Oct.
following. He served through that campaign 1899–1902; took part in the
advance on, and relief of, Kimberley; the operations in the Orange
Free State, Feb. to May, 1900, including the actions at Paardeburg
(17–26 Feb.), Poplar Grove, Dreifontein, Karee Siding, Houtnek (Thoba
Mountain), Vet River (5–6 May), and Zand River; operations in the
Transvaal, May-June, 1900, including actions near Johannesburg,
Pretoria, and Diamond Hill (11–12 June); operations in the Transvaal,
west of Pretoria, July to 29 Nov. 1900; including actions at Zilkaats
Nek, Elands River (4–16 Aug.), and Venterstroom (7–9 Aug.); operations
in the Orange River Colony, May to 29 Nov. 1900, including actions at
Lindley (26 June), Bethlehem (6–7 July), and Wittebergen (1–29 July);
operations in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, 30 Nov. 1900 to 31
May, 1902, and those on the Zululand Frontier of Natal, Sept. and Oct.
1901, and was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 16 April, 1901]
and awarded the Queen’s medal with six clasps and the King’s medal with
two clasps. He was with his regt. in India when the European War broke
out, and returned to England in Dec. 1914; went to France the following
Jan., and was killed in action, near Ypres, 14 Feb. 1915. He _m._
at Singapore, 1911, Hylda (53, Kenilsworth Avenue, Wimbledon Park),
dau. of (--), and had three children.
=HILTON, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4658), S.S.
103860, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HILTON, WILLIAM ERNEST=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 16301, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=HINDMARSH, ALBERT=, Private, No. 10268, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 4th _s._ of the late Charles Hindmarsh, Fireman,
Monkwearmouth Colliery, by his wife, Mary (28, Fulwell Road,
Sunderland), dau. of James Archibald; _b._ Southwick-on-Wear,
co. Durham, 25 Oct. 1893; educ. Southwick Board School; was a Miner,
Monkwearmouth, enlisted 7 Aug. 1913; went to France, 10 Aug. 1914,
and was killed in action at Ypres, 29 Oct. 1914; _unm._ His
four brothers: Robert Hindmarsh, Private, No. 5454, 3rd Durham L.I.;
William, Private, 14th Durham L.I.; John Hindmarsh, Driver, No. 690,
R.G.A.; and Arthur Hindmarsh, Private, No. 15488, 14th Durham L.I.
(wounded), are all on active service; and his brother-in-law, Thomas
Elliott, Private, No. 14373, 10th Yorks, was killed in action.
[Illustration: =Albert Hindmarsh.=]