Walter Hill (British Army officer)

Walter Hill
Born 10 June 1877
Died 1942
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Rank Major General
Battles/wars First Word War
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order

Major General Walter Pitts Hendy Hill CB CMG DSO (10 June 1877 – 1942) was a British Army officer who became colonel of the Royal Fusiliers.

Military career

Hill joined the Royal Fusiliers in 1899.[1] He served in the Second Boer War and then in the First World War as commander of a company of Gentlemen Cadets at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst from 1914, as a Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General in France from 1915, as an Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General in France from 1916 and as an Assistant Quartermaster General in France from 1917.[1] He became Assistant Commandant and Chief Instructor at the School of Military Administration in 1920, Commander of the 2nd Battalion the Loyal Regiment in 1922 and a general staff officer at the Staff College, Camberley in 1928.[1] He went on to be Brigadier in charge of Administration at Northern Command in 1929, Brigadier in charge of Administration at Eastern Command in 1931 and Major General in charge of Administration at Southern Command in 1934 before retiring in 1938.[1] He also served as colonel of the Royal Fusiliers.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Walter Pitts Hendy Hill". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  2. "Royal Fusiliers colonels". British Empire. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Reginald Pinney
Colonel of the Royal Fusiliers
1933–1942
Succeeded by
Reginald Howlett
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