HILTON, Roger
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Army Service Corps
Service:
Army
Service Number:
128866
P.O.W. number:
25304
P.O.W. camps:
Honours & Awards:
Born:
Thursday, March 23, 1911
Birthplace:
Northwood
Died :
Sunday, February 23, 1975
Place died or last resided:
Botallack, Cornwall
Age:
63
Roger Hilton, an Artist from Northwood, Middlesex, enlisted December 1939 and subsequently volunteered for the commandos. Private Hilton, No.3 Commando, was reported missing on 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe, France, later confirmed to be a prisoner of war. Post war pioneer of abstract art. 1968 appointed C.B.E. (Civil Division).
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/49, WO417/96.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
German Record Cards of British PoW's / National Archives file WO416/177/295.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/145/1.
CBE - London Gazette 44600, page 6307.
Tate Gallery records of Artists.
[Image] His son Matthew Hilton.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
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