Augustus Hill | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 1853 (age 172) Isle of Wight |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch | British Army |
| Years of service | 1873 to 1909 |
| Rank | Brigadier-General |
| Commands | 2nd Bn, the Middlesex Regiment Welsh Division |
| Battles / wars | Second Boer War Spion Kop |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Brigadier-General Augustus West Hill CB (born April 1853) was a British Army officer.
Military career[]
Hill was commissioned into the 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot on 1 January 1873.[1] Following the 1881 Childers Reforms, the 57th merged with the 77th (East Middlesex), and became 2nd Battalion, the Middlesex Regiment; Hill commanded the battalion at the Battle of Spion Kop in January 1900, during the Second Boer War.[2] He was subsequently mentioned in dispatches[3] and appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath for this action.[4] He became General Officer Commanding the Welsh Division in August 1908, shortly before retiring in January 1909.[5] He lived at Beckington Castle in Somerset from 1896 until 1901.[6]
Family[]
He married Alice Emma, and they had at least two sons, both of whom also became soldiers. Herbert (1880-1943), served in South Africa with his father, followed by the British Indian Army, and Gerald (1886-?), who joined the Royal Irish Fusiliers, and won a DSO in 1918.[7]
References[]
- ↑ "No. 23933". 31 December 1872. p. 6510. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/23933/page/6510
- ↑ Lock 2011.
- ↑ "Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own)". Anglo-Boer War. https://www.angloboerwar.com/unit-information/imperial-units/573-middlesex-regiment. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ↑ "No. 27306". 19 April 1901. p. 2696. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27306/page/2696
- ↑ "Army Commands". https://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ↑ "Castle history". S-E-A. http://www.sea.co.uk/About_us/Castle_History.aspx. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
- ↑ Herbert Augustus Hill.
Sources[]
- "Herbert Augustus Hill". https://www.angloboerwar.com/forum/5-medals-and-awards/28974-herbert-augustus-hill-a-well-travelled-man. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- Lock, Ron (2011). Hill of Squandered Valour: The Battle for Spion Kop, 1900. Casemate. ISBN 978-1612000077. https://books.google.com/books?id=PZ3UAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT268.
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