Name
Frederick Charles Hills
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
03/09/1916
27
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lance Corporal
15452
Bedfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LA NEUVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY, CORBIE
II. B. 36.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Aspenden Village Memorial, Buntingford Town Memorial, Buntingford
Pre War
Son of Emily and William Hills, of Baddock (Baldock?) Lane, Buntingford, Herts.
The 1901 Census shows Frederick living in Baldock Lane with his parents William and Emily Hills. In 1911 he is still living with his parents and is listed farm labourer.
Wartime Service
Formerly 2519 Suffolk Regiment. Enlisted in Royston
Additional Information
His headstone inscription, chosen by his mother, reads: “Our loss is great we’ll not complain but hope in heaven“.
Acknowledgments
Kate Thompson
Jonty Wild
