Private 72986 George Harry HILL
25th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
Killed in Action, Wednesday 31st October 1917, Palestine, Age 29
Home address:
86 Back Lane*, Hyde, Cheshire
Born:
1888, Hyde, Cheshire
Parents:
Jane Hill and Edwin Hill
83 George Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Marital Status:
Married to Ada Hill (née Proctor)
100 Back Lane*, Hyde, Cheshire
Occupation:
Bobbin Carrier
Enlisted:
Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire
Remembered:
Beersheba War Cemetery, Israel, row K, grave 4.
Link to Hyde:
Born in Hyde
The message on his CWGC gravestone, put there by his wife:
THE BROKEN CHAIN
CLOSER WHEN WE MEET AGAIN
* Back Lane is now part of Lumn Road. See our notes on Old Place Names.