Basic Details
Surname
Hill
Forenames
R W
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Robert William
Served or died
Died
Notes
The Roll lists his address as Fletton.

(CWGC records that Captain R W Hill died on 31/7/1917 while serving in the 1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment, and is now buried in grave III.E.5 at the White House Cemetery, St John les Ypres in Belgium, having been reinterred after the War. Soldiers Died in the Great War recorded him as Captain Robert William Hill. His address for Probate in 1917 was 14 Archway Road, Upper Holloway and the Summit, Fitzroy Park, Highgate; Probate was granted to his widow, Marjorie Jane Hill. When he had married Marjorie Jane Scott Miller on 7/7/1910 at St Mary's Church in Teddington, he gave his age as 26, and his father's name as John Cathles Hill. When Robert's death was announced in the Peterborough Advertiser on 11/8/1917, he was stated to be the elder son of the late Mr J C Hill of Fletton, and to have been a Director of the Star Brick Company at Dogsthorpe and Whittlesey, as well as proprietor of an estate agency in London).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Cambs
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Captain
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Not stated
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
July
Day of death
31
Manner of death as stated
Died of wounds
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds
Personal Details
Address
FLETTON
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial