In Memory Of
HILL, ARTHUR
Service Details
Age:
30
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
3613
Rank:
Company Sergeant Major
Unit:
1st Regt.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Former Regiment:
formerly Colour Sergeant #1575 6th Infantry (Cape Town Highlanders)
Date of Death:
1917-09-20
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, at Third Battle of Ypres (Battle of Menin Road)
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 15 - 16 and 16A.
Cemetery:
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen
Country:
Belgium
Additional Information
Decorations:
Mentioned in Despatches, Brought to the Notice of the Secretary of State for War
Citations:
MID LG Sup 28 December 1917 pg. 13576; Brought to the Notice of the Secretary of State for War LG Sup 22 August 1918 pg. 9791 - "For distinguished service in the Field and in connection with the campaign in German South-West Africa, 1914-15"
Son of Arthur and Sarah Hill, of Sheffield, Yorks., England; husband of Sarah Jane Hill, of 43, Pine Rd., Woodstock, Cape Province. Served 5 years in R.G.A.
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