HILL, Eric Albert
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Known as:
Lofty
Rank:
Corporal
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Metropolitan Police
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Fusiliers
Service:
Army
Number:
6482280
Born:
Saturday, December 29, 1917
Birthplace:
Banffshire, Scotland
Died :
Thursday, April 9, 1970
Corporal Eric Hill, 4 Troop, service included Sicily, the early beach reconnaisance at Bova Marina, Italy, and North West Europe. He had volunteered for the Commandos from the Police as part of the 1st Police Intake of 1942. In 1939 he was a Police Constable residing in the Police Section House, Ambroseden Avenue, Westminster.
Eric Albert Hill, warrant number 125697, joined the Metropolitan Police on 1 March 1937, and left on 29 Sept 1946. Last posted to 'T' Division as a PC. Eric and his wife died on 9 April 1970 when the 'London Valour' on which he was the Radio Officer sank in a gale off Genoa, Italy.
Sources
No.3 Cdo. War Diary 26/27 August 1943 Appdx.A / List of troops landing for op at Bova Marina, Italy.
Image in Gallery of No.3 Commando 4 Troop.
Report in the Liverpool Evening Expres 09 September 1943.
Comment in Gallery posted by Gordon Hill (son).
Comment in Gallery posted by Gordon Hill (son).
The 1939 Register covering Westminster.
Register of leavers from the Metropolitan Police / National Archives file MEPO 4/351/122.
Commando Association newsletter 114 and Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 51 (1970).
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
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