Rifleman 88217 William Gabriel Hill
Regiment/Unit: King's (Liverpool Regiment) - 2nd/6th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Previous Reg/Num: 40899, S Lancs R.
Age at death: 35
Date of death: 12th of September 1918
Born: Sutton, St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Vis-En-Artois Memorial - Panel 3 and 4.
BMD details:
Marriage: 02/09/1911 Gulielmum HILL to Elizabetham A WILSON at Sutton St Anne RC.
Family details:
Husband of Eliza Alice Hill, of 5, Eliza St., Sutton Oak, St. Helens, Lancs.
Census details:
1891 - 9 years old schoolboy William G is living at 20 Bold Lane, Sutton, St Helens with parents Thomas (34), Jane (44) and two siblings: Joseph (11), Margaret A (3). 1901 - 19 years old 'General Labourer' William G is living at 39 Railway Terrace, Sutton, St Helens with parents Thomas (46), Jane (47) and two siblings: Joseph (21), Margaret A (12). 1911 Census - William, aged 29, lived with his widowed father, Thomas, and worked as a General Labourer. The family lived at 39, Railway Terrace, Sutton. Staying with the family are married daughter Margaret Alice Glover (23) and her husband of less that a year William James Glover (22).
[pic]imgs/WW1_memorials/WG_Hill_KLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Rifleman William Gabriel Hill on the Vis-En-Artois Memorial
(Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
