Private Thomas Hill

Army Number : 12962

Battalion : 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Ilkeston, Derbyshire and lived at Nottingham. Son of Henry and Sarah Ann Hill, of 21, Milk Street, Glasshouse Street, Nottingham. He enlisted at Nottingham and went to Gallipoli, 1st July 1915, with the 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment. He was posted to the 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment and went to France where he died of wounds, 16th August 1917, age 38.

Buried: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. Plot 17. Row AA. Grave 13A.

Private Thomas Hill is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
Loggerheads Public House War Memorial, St. Mary’s Church, Nottingham.