218976 L/Cpl. Hugh Henry Hill British Army 14th (London Scottish) Btn. London Regiment from:East Ham, London (d.3rd Jul 1917) Hugh Henry Hill was the cousin of my father, George Baker, his parents were Jacob and Susan Louisa Hill (nee Dobson). Susan was my fathers aunt. My father never told me that he had a cousin, Hugh Henry Hill, let alone that he had been killed in the first world war at the age of 26. I found out this information when I carried out family research. My sister, who passed away in 2006, gave some papers to my eldest nephew who, a couple of years ago, passed them on to me. I found mention of Susan Hill and her son. I followed this up with some serious research and found out when and where he died and where his body is buried. In June if this year, 2014, my husband Gordon Campbell, myself Pamela Campbell and our granddaughter, Kate Amey (aged 20) went to Wancourt Military Cemetery near Arras France and found the grave of dad's cousin. The grave is not at all clear and I have written to The Commonwealth War Graves Commission to try to arrange to have the grave re-engraved. I have received confirmation that they will deal with my requested as soon as possible but that as this is centenary year they are very busy and it may take a little time. They have written to their France area office who could also be able to help. I intend eventually to insert a photograph of the gravestone in these records but, at present, it is virtually unreadable. Sadly I have no photographs of Hugh himself but I hope that somewhere there may be other members of the family, maybe the Dobson's of whom I have no knowledge, who would be interested in inserting any photographs, they may have, on this site. This is probably a shot in the dark but who knows? Worth a try.
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