We remember Harold Hilton

We remember Harold Hilton

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Timeline

Timeline

1888
sibling John William Hilton Source:5505821 27th November 1888
1888
sibling John William Hilton Source:7387807 27th November 1888
1893
birth Hooley Hill Audenshaw Lancashire United Kingdom Source:5505821 2nd September 1893
1898
location 167 Guide Lane Hooley Hill Audenshaw Lancashire United Kingdom parents address Source:5505821 16th November 1898
1901
dates Age 7 Source:7387807 1901
1911
dates Age 17 Source:7387807 1911
1911
location 95 Guide Lane Hooley Hill United Kingdom Source:7387807 1911
1913
dates Age 21 Source:7387807 13th May 1913
1915
dates Age 22 Source:7387807 17th July 1915
1915
enlistment United Kingdom Source:7387807 12th October 1915
1915
service British Army Private S/11112 Seaforth Highlanders First Battalion Source:7387807 12th October 1915 - 22nd February 1917
1917
dates Age 23 Source:6995632 22nd February 1917
1917
missing Killed in action 22nd February 1917 while attacking Turkish trenches at Sanniyat Mesopotamia. His body was never found Source:7387807 22nd February 1917
1917
missing Sanniayat Mesopotamia Source:5505821 22nd February 1917
1917
education Hooley Hill Wesleyan School Audenshaw, Lancashire United Kingdom Source:6995632 21st April 1917
1917
employment Butcher Co operative Society Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire United Kingdom Source:6995632 21st April 1917
1917
location 95 Guide Lane, Hooley Hill, Audenshaw, Lancashire United Kingdom parents address Source:6995632 21st April 1917
employment Butcher Co-operative Society Ashton under Lyne United Kingdom Source:7387807
employment Butcher United Kingdom Source:5505821
service British Army Private S/11112 Seaforth Highlanders Source:1886566
service British Army Private S/11112 1st Battalion Source:5505821
1917
death Killed in Action During an attack on the Turkish trenches, his body was never found. Sanniyat Iraq Source:7387807 Source:5505821 22nd February 1917
burial Basra Memorial CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Iraq Panel Number 39.A Source:7387807

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Harold
Initials H
Last Name Hilton
Source 1886566
Last Name Hilton
Source 7387807
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
167 Guide Lane Hooley Hill Audenshaw Lancashire United Kingdom parents address known 16th November 1898
95 Guide Lane Hooley Hill United Kingdom known 1911
95 Guide Lane, Hooley Hill, Audenshaw, Lancashire United Kingdom parents address known 21st April 1917
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army S/11112 Seaforth Highlanders Private
British Army S/11112 1st Battalion Private
British Army S/11112 Seaforth Highlanders First Battalion Private
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
William Henry Hilton father
Eliza Hilton mother
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
John William Hilton brother 27th November 1888
John William Hilton brother 27th November 1888
Religion
DateReligionSource
Anglican - Church of Eng, Irl, Wales or other

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1

External Evidence

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Former Ashton Co-op Butcher Killed in Mesopotamia hazel25799

Multimedia

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Basra Memorial Gordon17993
Basra Memorial Gordon17993
Barsa Memorial Gordon17993
Basra Memorial Gordon17993
Entry in book of remembrance Gordon17993
Photo of Harold Hilton hazel25799
Harold Hilton Medal Roll Gordon17993
Harold Hilton soldiers effects Gordon17993
Harold Hilton soldiers effects Gordon17993
Harold Hilton Grave Registration Gordon17993
Harold Hilton Basra Memorial Panel List Gordon17993

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