Augustus Hill | |
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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.
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]
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]