Private 31061 Leo Francis Hill

The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser - Courtesy Ste M

Regiment/Unit: Cheshire Regiment - 11th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Age at death: 21
Date of death: 18th of February 1917 (Sunday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension Nord - III. A. 35.

Family details:
Son of Jane Hill. of 28, Eccleston St., St. Helens, Lancs., and the late James Hill.

Census details:
1901 - 5 years old Leo F is living at 28 Eccleston Street, St Helens with widowed mother Jane (45) and five siblings: James (23), William G (17), Hannah (10), Agnes (7), Josephine (2). Jane's sister Mary Ann Owen (40) is also at the address. 1911 Census - The Hill family lived at 28, Eccleston Street, St Helens, which was the home of Mary Ann Owen. Her widowed sister, Jane Hill, lived with her 3 children including 15 year old Leo, a Labourer at the Glass Works.

[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/Hill_LF_31061.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/31061HillLeo-1.jpg[/pic] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/31061HillLeo2.jpg[/pic][caption]A dedication for Private Leo Francis Hill at St Helens Cemetery (Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/LF_Hill_Cheshires.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private Leo Francis Hill at Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord) (Photograph courtesy of Richard Houghton.)[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_ext/LoweHouseMem3.jpg[/pic] [caption]Leo is remembered on the [url=lmem.php?lmem=10]Lowe House Memorial[/url][/caption]