John Hill was a Cumnock resident.
Name:
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John Hill
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Birth Place:
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Dreghorn, Ayrshire
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Residence:
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Old Cumnock, Ayrshire
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Death Date:
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14 Aug 1915
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Death Place:
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Dardanelles
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Enlistment Place:
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Stewarton, Ayrshire
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Rank:
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Bandsman
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Regiment:
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Royal Scots Fusiliers
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Battalion:
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1st 4th Battalion
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Regimental Number:
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6846
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Type of Casualty:
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Died
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Theatre of War:
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Balkan Theatre
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His death notice in the Cumnock Chronicle says he was a stretcher bearer.
CWGC gives some further information:
Age 25
Son of John Hill and Janet (Boyd) of Kilmaurs, Ayrshire
Husband of Jane Pearson Hill of 66 Townhead St, Old Cumnock, Ayrshire
This is the family. He was born in Kilmarnock, not Dreghorn
1891 census
9 Kiln Row, Kilmarnock
John Hill 38 coal miner
Janet Hill 33
James Hill 12
James Hill 9
Agnes Hill 7
Elizabeth Hill 5
John Hill 6 Months b Kilmarnock
1901 census
Main St west side, Kilmaurs
Janet Hill 43 annuitant
James Hill 22
Janet H Burns 19
George Burns 22
Agnes Hill 17
John Hill 10 b Kilmarnock
Sarah Hill 7
Arthur Hill 1
He married Jane Pearson of Waterside Place on 14th May 1915 in Cumnock, exactly 3 months before he died.
His mother was remarried in 1905 and living in Kilmaurs.
He is remembered on Kilmaurs War Memorial and in the Alexandria Military & War Memorial Cemetery.
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