Walter Hill (British Army officer)

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.

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

Military career

Hill joined the Royal Fusiliers where he was commissioned a second lieutenant on 18 October 1899.[1] He served with the 2nd battalion in the Second Boer War in South Africa, where he was posted in Natal and Transvaal, taking part in engagements at Rooidam. He was promoted to lieutenant on 19 September 1900.[2] He stayed in South Africa throughout the war, which ended with the Peace of Vereeniging in June 1902. Four months later he left Cape Town on the SS Salamis with other officers and men of the battalion, arriving at Southampton in late October, when the battalion was posted to Aldershot.[3]

He served 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.[4]

His son James Hill commanded 3rd Parachute Brigade during the Second World War.[5]

References

1. "Walter Pitts Hendy Hill". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Archived from the original on 24 January 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
2. Hart′s Army list, 1903
3. "The Army in South Africa - Troops returning Home". The Times (36890). London. 4 October 1902. p. 10.
4. "Royal Fusiliers colonels". British Empire. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
5. "Daily Telegraph – Obituary for Brigadier 'Speedy' Hill". The Daily Telegraph. London. 18 March 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2009.