Pte Joseph Hilton (medals; 'death penny', documents)

Item

Title

Pte Joseph Hilton (medals; 'death penny', documents)

Who?

3/6199 Pte Joseph Hilton, 2 Bn Lancashire Fusiliers

Item(s)

The collection includes: Photograph of Pte Hilton's medals and 'Death Penny'; Notification of Transfer to reserves (10/09/1914); Notification of rejoining his Regiment after being posted as 'Missing' (10/07/1915); Notification of Pte Hilton's death, 'Killed in Action' (21/12/1916); Letter (2 parts) from 'Imperial War Graves Commission, re 'Exhumation and moving of remains to new location - Combles Communal Cemetery.

Story

Reports of the death and internment of Pte Hilton

When?

1914 - 1916

Where?

France

Contributor

Kathryn S. Worsley

Collection Day

Bolton, 24/11/2018

This item was submitted on January 6, 2019