Name
Harry Hilton
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
08/09/1917
37
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Air Mechanic 1st Class
F/23228
Royal Naval Air Service
British Adriatic Squadron 6th Wing
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
OTRANTO TOWN CEMETERY
South East corner.
Italy
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Baldock Town Memorial St Mary the Virgin Church Memorial, Baldock
Pre War
Harry was captain of the Baldock cricket and football clubs and a member of the Baldock Fire Brigade. He worked as a carpenter for Messrs. T. Raban's and Sons.
Wartime Service
Arriving in Italy in about four months earlier in June 1917, he was admitted to hospital with pains in the head and subsequently died.
Additional Information
Son of Henry and Ellen Hilton, of Stotfold, Beds; Husband of Katie Hilton, of 28, Orchard Rd., Baldock, Herts.
Acknowledgments
Derry Warners
Adrian Pitts, Paul Johnson
