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Rfm George Hill
British Army 16th Btn King's Royal Rifle Corps
from:Rugeley, Staffordshire
(d.3rd Mar 1916)
George Hill was my grand uncle; brother of my maternal grandfather James Hill.
George was born at the beginning of 1900 in Rugeley, Staffordshire. George had two brothers and a sister, and wanted to follow his elder brother Arthur to war. At 15, he was too young to enlist, yet lied about his age and joined up against his family's wishes.
He enlisted in the "Church Lad's Brigade", the 16th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps, and was sent to France.
George's father, Francis Hill, was enraged and wrote to the Regiment to have his son returned, but by the time he was found, George had passed 16, the age to enlist. Though still too young to serve at the front, George retained his position in the Regiment and was stationed at Bethune, France, for training.
George was killed in an explosion during a training accident in Bethune, along with Rifleman George Henry Gibben C/1357 and Lance Sergeant John Turnbull C/345, with whom he is buried.
