George Hillier
Memorial: Mangotsfield - St James Place
Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Gunner 75237
Parents: George and Hester Hillier (nee Fox)
Marital status: Married
Home address: Windsor Place, Mangotsfield, Bristol. Lived at Cossham Street, Mangotsfield, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Chocolate Maker
Date of birth: 1889
Place of birth: Mangotsfield, Bristol
Date of death: 02/09/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Assevilliers New British Cemetery, Somme, France
Age: 29
Further information:
George Served with the 160th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery and was Killed in Action on 2 September 1918
George Hillier is also commemorated on the St. Johns Church Memorial Altar, Lodge Causeway, Fishponds (Fishponds being where his wife lived before being married). George married Edith Emily Ann Leonard on 4 August 1912
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Battalion War Diary, National Archives, 'Soldiers Died in the Great War', Medal Rolls Index, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, UK Censuses, David Blackmore