Percy Hill
Title
Percy Hill
Description
Percy Hill was born on 28 April 1888 in Far Oakridge and baptised in Oakridge Church on 14 April 1889. He was the son of Charles Hill and Emma Gardiner. Charles Hill was an agricultural labourer and wood dealer and lived in Far Oakridge. Percy enrolled in Oakridge School on 2 April 1894 and left on 16 November 1900. His father Charles died in 1905 at the age of 49 and Percy continued to live with his mother Emma who in 1911 was innkeeper at the Plough Inn, Sheepscombe.
Percy was listed as a general dealer and his line of work took him to London where he enlisted in the Gloucestershire Regiment and subsequently transferring to the 9th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He served as a private and was wounded in fighting and died on 16 June 1917 in Belgium aged 29.
He is buried in La Clytte Military Cemetery 8 kilometres west of Ypres.
Percy was listed as a general dealer and his line of work took him to London where he enlisted in the Gloucestershire Regiment and subsequently transferring to the 9th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He served as a private and was wounded in fighting and died on 16 June 1917 in Belgium aged 29.
He is buried in La Clytte Military Cemetery 8 kilometres west of Ypres.
Source
Oakridge History Group
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Citation
“Percy Hill,” Oakridge Archives, accessed May 5, 2024, https://oakridgearchives.omeka.net/items/show/176.