Name
John Hills
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
18/03/1915
32
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
S/9014
The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 (Mons) Star, British War and Victory Medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Panel 45 and 47.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Colney Heath memorial
Not on the St Albans memorials
Pre War
He was the son of Mrs. Baldock, of 6, Colney Heath, St. Albans, Herts.
Wartime Service
John was sent to France on 26th October 1914. According to the Herts Advertiser, John was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle on 18th March 1915, aged 32. It was also reported that: “He was the son of Mrs Baldock, of Colney Heath, in which village he was well known, had served with his regiment in India, and proceeded straight to the Front soon after the outbreak of war.” It is likely that John lost his life in the Second Battle of Ypres.
Acknowledgments
Graham Clark – World War One – The Fallen of London Colney, Grace Clark, Jonty Wild
