Group photograph including Arthur Hilton (1)
Page description
| Title |
Group photograph including Arthur Hilton (1)
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|---|---|
| Subject |
Hilton, Arthur
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| Notes |
Arthur Hilton (East Yorks) was my grandfather, killed in action 3rd May 1915. He left a widow, Hilda Hilton, daughter Hilda aged 7 (my mother) and a son Leslie aged 3.
Arthur Hilton is listed on the roll of honour in Beverley Minster and his name appears on the Menin Gate. Editor's Comment: Men enjoying pints of beer in tented camp. From the effects of Serjeant 1062 Arthur Hilton, 1st/4th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment, killed in action 3rd May 1915, aged 31. The husband of Hilda Hilton (nee Davies, later Brown), of 17, William St., Porter St., Hull, he is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. His battalion, as part of the 50th (Northumbrian) Division, was engaged in the Battle of St Julien, the second phase of the Second Battle of Ypres. |
| Item date |
1910 - 1913
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| Creation place |
England
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| Item source | |
| Item medium | |
| Content | |
| Page number |
1
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| Total number of pages |
2
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| Cataloguer |
Richard Marshall
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| Filename |
GWA_5459_CelebratingSoldiers.jpg
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| Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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| Digital repository | |
| Contributor name |
J Dunlin
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Collection
Citation
“Group photograph including Arthur Hilton,” First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 4, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/items/show/6038.
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Document description
| Title |
Group photograph including Arthur Hilton
|
|---|---|
| Subject |
Hilton, Arthur
|
| Notes |
Arthur Hilton (East Yorks) was my grandfather, killed in action 3rd May 1915. He left a widow, Hilda Hilton, daughter Hilda aged 7 (my mother) and a son Leslie aged 3.
Arthur Hilton is listed on the roll of honour in Beverley Minster and his name appears on the Menin Gate. Editor's Comment: Men enjoying pints of beer in tented camp. From the effects of Serjeant 1062 Arthur Hilton, 1st/4th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment, killed in action 3rd May 1915, aged 31. The husband of Hilda Hilton (nee Davies, later Brown), of 17, William St., Porter St., Hull, he is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. His battalion, as part of the 50th (Northumbrian) Division, was engaged in the Battle of St Julien, the second phase of the Second Battle of Ypres. |
| Item date |
1910 - 1913
|
| Creation place |
England
|
| Item source | |
| Item medium | |
| Content | |
| Total number of pages |
2
|
| Cataloguer |
Richard Marshall
|
| Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
|
| Digital repository | |
| Contributor name |
J Dunlin
|
Citation
“Group photograph including Arthur Hilton,” First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 4, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/items/show/6038.
