Private Ernest Alfred Hill

Private Ernest Alfred Hill

Army Number: 2978

Battalion : 8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

British 15 Star, British War and Victory MedalSon of Henry and Mary Ann Hill, of 9A, Bargate, Newark, Nottinghamshire. A native of Ordsall, Retford, Nottinghamshire. Was a garage attendant. Enlisted 9th November 1914, went to France 6th June 1915. Died 5th April 1916, aged 21.

Buried: Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont St- Eloi, France. Plot I, Row B, Grave 11

Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France.
Private Ernest Alfred Hill grave

Private Hill is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Newark Cemetery War Memorial, Newark, Nottinghamshire.
St. Mary’s Church Parishioners Memorial, Newark, Nottinghamshire.
St. Mary’s Church Borough of Newark Roll of Honour, Newark, Nottinghamshire.