Augustus Hill (British Army officer)
Augustus Hill | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 May 1853 Isle of Wight |
| Died | 2 January 1921 (aged 67) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | 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 (4 May 1853 – 2 January 1921) was a British Army officer.
Military career
[edit]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
[edit]He married Alice Emma Vane, daughter of George Vane, Treasurer of Ceylon (1865-1882), 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
[edit]- ^ "No. 23933". The London Gazette. 31 December 1872. p. 6510.
- ^ Lock 2011.
- ^ "Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own)". Anglo-Boer War. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ "No. 27306". The London Gazette. 19 April 1901. p. 2696.
- ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ "Castle history". S-E-A. Archived from the original on 30 May 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
- ^ Herbert Augustus Hill.
Sources
[edit]- "Herbert Augustus Hill". Anglo-Boer War. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- Lock, Ron (2011). Hill of Squandered Valour: The Battle for Spion Kop, 1900. Casemate. ISBN 978-1612000077.