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Roy Hill

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
772961
Unit at enlistment: 
125th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
December 16th, 1916
Cemetery: 
Aldershot Military Cemetery - Hampshire, England, United Kingdom - AF.2034.
Commemorated at: 
Six Nations Memorial Plaque
Birth country: 
U.S.A.
Birth county: 
Niagara
Birth city: 
Lewiston, New York
Address at enlistment: 
2 Charlotte Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
Burtch, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Labourer
Religious denominations: 
Church of England
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
21
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Letters and documents

Cause and Place of Death: Died, (Pneumonia). Connaught Hospital, Aldershot

BX December 20, 1916

Death Recorded of Private Roy Hill – Wife Gave Birth to a Son the Day of Her Husband’s Death

Private Roy Hill, a member of the Six Nations’ Indian Reserve, died in England from pneumonia on Saturday. Word to this effect has been received in the city from Lt.-Col. M.E.B. Cutcliffe, of the 125th Battalion, with which unit he went overseas. About 10 days ago word reached the city that he was seriously ill. At the present time his wife is in the hospital, and the sad part is that on the day of her husband’s death she gave birth to a son.

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