Richard Alexander Gathorne Hill
Memorial: Yate - St Mary's Church Lych Gate
Regiment: Royal Naval Air Service (R.N.A.S.)
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Flight Sub Lieutenant
Parents: Charles and Gertrude Hill
Home address: Poole Court, Yate, Bristol
Date of birth: 24/05/1897
Place of birth: Yate, Bristol
Date of death: 12/08/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Arras Flying Services Memorial, France
Age: 21
Further information:
Richard Alexander Gathorne Hill was the son of Charles and Gertrude Hill and brother of Charles, Hugh and Dily of Poole Court, Yate, Bristol
The 1911 census shows the family living at Poole Court in Yate with a governess, footman and 8 servants. Richard's father, Charles Hill was a ship builder and ship engineer who was born in Clifton, Bristol
Richard became a Flight Sub Lieutenant with 204 Squadron in the Royal Naval Air Service. He was Killed in Action in France while flying a Sopwith Camel plane. He was shot down into the sea. Richard Hill is remembered on the Arras Flying Services Memorial in France
Richard Hill is remembered on the Yate Lych Gate Memorial and the Chipping Sodbury and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital board, which is now at Yate and District Heritage Centre, under Yate
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre, Forces War Records and CWGC