Walter Hill | |
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 Portrait byHenry Lamb | |
| Born | (1877-06-10)10 June 1877 |
| Died | 26 July 1942(1942-07-26) (aged 65) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch | British Army |
| Service years | 1899–1938 1939–1940 |
| Rank | Major general |
| Service number | 697[1] |
| Unit | Royal Fusiliers |
| Commands | 11th Brigade (1931–33) 2nd Battalion,Loyal Regiment (1924–28) |
| Conflicts | Second Boer War First World War Second World War |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in Despatches |
Major GeneralWalter Pitts Hendy Hill,CB, CMG, DSO (10 June 1877 – 26 July 1942) was aBritish Army officer who was colonel of theRoyal Fusiliers from 1933 to 1942.
Hill joined theRoyal Fusiliers, where he was commissioned asecond lieutenant on 18 October 1899.[2] He left Southampton in March 1900 on the SSBriton to serve with the 2nd Battalion in theSecond Boer War in South Africa,[3] where he was posted inNatal andTransvaal, taking part in engagements at Rooidam. He was promoted tolieutenant on 19 September 1900.[4] He stayed in South Africa throughout the war, which ended with thePeace of Vereeniging in June 1902. Four months later he leftCape Town on the SSSalamis with other officers and men of the battalion, arriving at Southampton in late October, when the battalion was posted toAldershot.[5]
Hill served in theFirst World War as commander of a company ofgentlemen cadets at theRoyal Military College, Sandhurst, having served in this position since January 1913,[6] as a deputy assistant quartermaster general in France from July 1915,[7] as an assistant adjutant and quartermaster general in France from 1916 and as an assistant quartermaster general in France from 1917.[2]
Hill became assistant commandant and chief instructor at the School of Military Administration in 1920, commander of the 2nd Battalion theLoyal Regiment in 1924, the same year in which he was promoted to colonel,[8] and a general staff officer at theStaff College, Camberley, in 1928.[2] He went on to be brigadier in charge of administration atNorthern Command in 1929, brigadier in charge of administration atEastern Command in 1931 and major general in charge of administration atSouthern Command in 1934 before retiring in 1938.[2] He also served as colonel of theRoyal Fusiliers.[9]
His son,James Hill, commanded the 3rd Parachute Brigade during the Second World War.[10]
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| Preceded by | Colonel of the Royal Fusiliers 1933–1942 | Succeeded by |