Sergeant Major Edward Hillman WW1

[discwizard]

Hi can anyone help finding information on this rel please
Edward Henry Hillman b.19 Mar 1889 Croydon Surrey, parents Edward Hillman and Annie White.
He d.31 Mar 1934 Romford Essex.
He was the founder of Hillman Airways and Hillman Coaches

He joined the Army at the age of 12 as a Drummer Boy with the Essex Regiment.He rose to the rank of Sergeant Major in the cavalry during WW1. In

1918 at Mons France, he was trapped for three days beneath his horse and part of his leg had to be amputated and he was invalided out of the Army

with a small gratuity.
In the 1911 Census he was at Farnham Surrey with the Army, 1st Cavalry 19th Hussars.

thanks

[CaroleW]

Hi

Can you clarify exactly what type of info you are looking for as you seem to already have quite a bit

Do you already have his service record etc?

[forester]

The only medal index card I can see that may fit, so far, is:

Edward Hillman, Pte 2840, 19th Hussars, a pre-war regular who transferred to the Royal Engineers (18/11/15?), 38609 and WR/125499.

Is he the one ?

Phil

[old rowley]

As an owner of Maylands Farm, where his airline was situated, I have Edward Hillman listed on my Noak Hill names data base which I use for my own research into the history of Noak Hill and its surrounding area. I note that you have his death as being on 31st March 1934, he actually died on 31st December 1934 and was buried on the 3rd of January 1935. I have limited information about Hillman on file so if you can, as CaroleW has already said, let us know what it is that you are after then I maybe able to help.

OR

[discwizard]

Hi all thanks for the replies
i am after any documents i get hold of from his army days or any websites there most be documentation somewhere i have the medal card and thats all i can find on him in the forces
national archives doesnt really help much
thanks

[discwizard]

old rowley
any information on him that you have would be great this is for a relative in australia edward hillman his her great grandfather she's called ducie hillman so anything i can pass on to her would be fantastic thanks

[old rowley]

Discwizard,
I will PM you later with the information that I have for him.

OR.

[discwizard]

  old rowley
wow thanks for the pm your a star that info was great
now to find out more about his army life which i thought would be easy seeing he was a sgt major weird though there's only a medal card on archives and thats it
well thanks again

[Gilhum]

I have read with interest the information requests regarding Sergeant Major Edward Hillman.

I am unable to offer military details or records but I do have information with regard to the coaching business which his relative in Australia might find of interest. Amazingly, eighty years on, the remains of a Hillman coach still exists!

Gilhum