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General => Armed Forces => World War One => Topic started by: dadumc on Saturday 14 November 20 01:07 GMT (UK)
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I was told my 2nd great uncle, William Hill (b. 1880, Milngavie, Scotland, married 1907, Ann Stanton) served in WW1 and died Oct. 12, 1918 in France. I cannot find his name anywhere. Any thoughts.
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If he died in WW1 you should be able to find him on www.cwgc.org
Where did you get the info from re his regiment and date of death?
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Found military grave record! Thanks!!! Now to find other records.
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What was his regimental number?
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FindMyPast has 4 entries under military records for a William Hill, no. 241878
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The Scotsman, Wed 27 Nov 1918
BRITISH CASUALTIES - RANK AND FILE SCOTTISH LOSSES
Killed
H.L.L - ....; Hill, 241878, W. (Glasgow); ... ;
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Now we have the regimental number
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/528825/W%20HILL/
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FindMyPast has details of the pensions for his widow and children https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record/browse?id=s2%2fgbm%2fpin82%2f094%2f0034
His service records seem not to have survived.
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Thank you all. Small steps.
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The battalion war diary can be downloaded free at the moment at
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7353852 . The action in which he lost his life is described in some detail and can be related to this map and image which shows the area north of Le Cateau where it took place essentially around the river running north west from Montay:
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=14&lat=50.13811&lon=3.54569&layers=101465122&right=BingHyb
(the cemetery in which he lies is at Montay)
MaxD
The war diary is on Ancestry if you have a sub. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/60779/images/43112_2431_0-00404?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=150d8b4a7fe584253a3b7f75b60fc84d&usePUB=true&_phsrc=qjx378&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=552530