Mark Carr Hill

The IWGC/CWGC Registers Collection

• First Name: Mark Carr
• Initials: M C
• Surname: Hill
• DOB: Circa 1894
• Age: 22
• Nationality: British
• Date of Death: 14 July 1916
• Information: Parents: Mary M. Hill, of Sylvan Mount, Upper Norwood, London, and the late Alexander Hill, M.E., M.I.C.E. Educated at Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk, and Magdalene College, Cambridge.
• Rank: Lieutenant
• Service: British Army
• Regiment: Leicestershire Regiment
• Battalion: 6th Battalion
• Commemorated: Britain

HILL, MARK CARR

Rank: Lieutenant
Date of Death: 14 July 1916
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Leicestershire Regiment 6th Battalion
Panel Reference: Pier and Face 2 C and 3 A.
Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of Mary M. Hill, of Sylvan Mount, Upper Norwood, London, and the late Alexander Hill, M.E., M.I.C.E. Educated at Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk, and Magdalene College, Cambridge.
From Commonwealth War Graves: Lieutenant Mark Carr Hill

Lieutenant Mark Carr Hill
Regiment & Unit: Leicestershire Regiment, 6th Battalion
Date of Death: 14 July 1916, Age 22 years old
Buried or commemorated at: Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 2 C and 3 A, France
Country of Service: United Kingdom
Additional Information: Son of Mary M. Hill, of Sylvan Mount, Upper Norwood, London, and the late Alexander Hill, M.E., M.I.C.E. Educated at Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk, and Magdalene College, Cambridge.

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From Greshams at War and Mark Carr Hill

Mark Carr HillL, who was a Lieutenant in the Leicestershire Regiment, was killed in action on 14 July 1916. Born on 12 April 1894, he entered the School in May 1906, and left in July 1913. He was Captain of his House and a School Prefect. He went up to Magdalene College, Cambridge, in October 1913. He got his commission in August 1914, and was later gazetted to the Leicestershire Regiment. He was promoted Lieutenant in October 1914. He went out to France in August 1915, and was wounded by a sniper's bullet in October. He rejoined his old battalion again at the beginning of February 1916, and was killed in fire in the Battle of the Somme, near Monchy, on 14 July 1916.

From findmypast 19010331 census Alexander Hill 45 Mary M R 43 Lawrence C 10 Mary K C 8 Mark C 6 Nina M C 5 Cuthbert A 3 at Merrylee Green Lane Northwood Middlesex

31 March 1901 Census for residents of [Merrylee, location?] Green Lane, Northwood, London HA6 1AB 51.611432, -0.4236858

• Alexander Hill, head, married, male aged 45 [born about 1856] in Scotland; Mining Engineer, C.E.
• Mary M R Hill, wife, married, female aged 43 [born about 1858] in Hereford, Herefordshire
• Mark C Hill, son, male aged 6 [born about 1895] in Spain
• 4 siblings, 3 servants

From MyHeritage: Mark C Hill: 1911 England & Wales Census

2 April 1911 Census for residents of Gresham's School, Cromer Road, Holt, Norfolk NR25 6EA 52.9102, 1.1036, England

• Mark C Hill, boarder, single, male, aged 16 [born about 1895], in Cordova, Spain; School-Boy

From Memorial in the [Holy Trinity Church, Gateway Close, Northwood, London HA6 2RP 51.6147468, -0.4374247]

To The loved Memory of Mark Carr Hill, Lieutenant 6th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment who Fell in Action in the Battle of the Somme on Friday, 14 July 1916, aged 22.

Also of Cuthbert Alexander Hill, Midshipman, H.M.S. Invincible, Killed at the Battle of Jutland, Wednesday, 31 May 1916, aged 18. Dearly Loved Sons of Alexander and Mary Hill