Augustus Hill (British Army officer)

Augustus Hill
Born	4 May 1853 Isle of Wight
Died	2 January 1921 (1921-01-03) (aged 67)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1873 to 1909
Rank	Brigadier-General
Commands	2nd Bn, the Middlesex Regiment Welsh Division
Battles / wars	Second Boer War Spion Kop
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath

Brigadier-General Augustus West Hill, CB (4 May 1853 – 2 January 1921) was a British Army officer.

Military career

Hill was commissioned into the 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot on 1 January 1873.[1] Following the 1881 Childers Reforms, the 57th merged with the 77th (East Middlesex), and became 2nd Battalion, the Middlesex Regiment; Hill commanded the battalion at the Battle of Spion Kop in January 1900, during the Second Boer War.[2] He was subsequently mentioned in dispatches[3] and appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath for this action.[4]

He became General Officer Commanding the Welsh Division in August 1908, shortly before retiring in January 1909.[5] He lived at Beckington Castle in Somerset from 1896 until 1901.[6]

Family

He married Alice Emma Vane, daughter of George Vane, Treasurer of Ceylon (1865-1882), and they had at least two sons, both of whom also became soldiers. Herbert (1880-1943), served in South Africa with his father, followed by the British Indian Army, and Gerald (1886-?), who joined the Royal Irish Fusiliers, and won a DSO in 1918.[7]

References

1. "No. 23933". The London Gazette. 31 December 1872. p. 6510.
2. Lock 2011.
3. "Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own)". Anglo-Boer War. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
4. "No. 27306". The London Gazette. 19 April 1901. p. 2696.
5. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 7 June 2020.
6. "Castle history". S-E-A. Archived from the original on 30 May 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
7. Herbert Augustus Hill.

Sources

• "Herbert Augustus Hill". Anglo-Boer War. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
• Lock, Ron (2011). Hill of Squandered Valour: The Battle for Spion Kop, 1900. Casemate. ISBN 978-1612000077.

Military offices
New title	GOC Welsh Division 1908–1909	Succeeded by Francis Lloyd