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