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BORN 24 May 1895
DIED 17 February 1971 AGE 75
VC Won 20 July 1916 AGE 21
Place VC Won Delville Wood, Somme, France
War/Campaign First World War 1916
Name Albert Hill No. 15280
VC Issue No. 732 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Welch Fusiliers, 10th Battalion, C Company
Later
Now 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh Regiment
Rank VC Won Private
Rank End Of Career Private
Place Of Birth Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire, England
Place Of Death Pawtucket Memorial Hospital, Rhode Island, USA
Buried/Location Ashes Highland Memorial Park, Johnston, Rhode Island, USA
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 20 February 1971
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. 'Buttonwood' Division, Section K, Lot 196, Grave 1
Gazetted 26 September 1916
VC Presented 18 November 1916 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Highland Memorial Park, Johnston, Rhode Island, USA
P Victoria Cross Plaque, Outside The Museum of the Manchesters, Ashton Town Hall, Market Place, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire
P Memorial Stone At Site Of VC Action, Delville Wood, Somme, France
P Hill Court, Barracks Field Estate, Off Kingsmill Road, Hightown, Wrexham, Clwyd, Wales
By The Way…
Emigrated to America in 1923, he stayed there until he died in 1971
VC Held By
Regimental Museum of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, The Queen's Tower, Caernarfon Castle, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales
Thank you to Bill Sweeney for Photo of Albert Hills grave in America
