Name
Ernest Albert Hill
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
159584
Labour Corps
331st Home Service Works Company
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Biography
Ernest Hill was born on 19th December 1890 at Abbots Langley. He was one of six children born to George and Elizabeth Hill. The Hill’s had four sons and two daughters, and at the time of the 1901 and 1911 Census lived at Asylum Terrace, Asylum Road, Abbots Langley, and George worked as a Fitter’s Labourer. In 1911 Ernest worked as a Bricklayer’s Labourer.
Sometime between 1911 and 1914 Ernest was married and the Abbots Langley Parish Magazine noted that a daughter was born to Ernest and Minnie Hill on 27th August 1914.
The Leavesden Parish Records showed that by May 1916 Ernest had “joined HM Forces”. At that time he worked as a Stoker at Leavesden Asylum.
Ernest was recorded in the Abbots Langley Parish Magazine Roll of Honour for the first time in July 1916, serving with the Royal Fusiliers. He was recorded with the Royal Fusiliers though to 1918, and at some point during that year was transferred to an Employment Company. It is not known why he was transferred from a fighting to a support unit. Labour Employment Corps were formed in 1917 mainly to undertake salvage work.
Earnest was listed in the Absent Voter Records for Autumn 1918 and Spring 1919 serving with the 331st Home Service Works Company, which was a unit within the Labour Corps. His address was given at Asylum Road, Abbots Langley.
Earnest Hill survived the War.
Additional Information
Formerly Royal Fusiliers & Labour Corps Employment Company
Acknowledgments
Roger Yapp - www.backtothefront.org
