Birth3 Nov 1881, Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA
BaptismAug 1882, St Stephen's, Tunbridge Wells
Death9 Jun 1915
BurialMALTA (CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY
GeneralDied on active service in European War, in the Australian Infantry, 1st Bn. [36]
Notes for Major Philip Geoffrey Powys Hill
Here's some information to be found about him:
Name: Hill, Philip Geoffry Powys
Year of Birth: 1882?
Year of Death: 1915
Gender: m
Occupation: major
Occupation Classification: Army (341)
Archive: British Biographical Archive (BBA)
Fiche Location: II 1546,399-400
Short Title(s) of Source(s): Manchester Faces
Short Title: Manchester Faces
Source Citation: Manchester Faces and Places: an Illustrated Magazine. - Manchester: Hammond [et al.], 1889-1906. - 17 vols
Saur Document Number: B1546603
Gale Document Number: DA3504152869
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He was in the 1911 census:
Name Relation Condition/ Yrs married Sex Age Birth Year Occupation Where Born
HILL, Philip Geoffrey Powgs Head Single M 29 1882 Captain Special Reserve U S of America
HILL, Edith Allford Stepmother Widow F 55 1856 Somerset Yeovil
HILL, Phoebe Lyn Stepsister Single F 20 1891 Somerset Bath
POMEROY, Emma Servant Single F 31 1880 House Keeper Domestic Somerset Taunton
HENNIKER, Dorothy Margaret Boarder Single F 11 1900 U K Somerset Bridgwater
RG number: RG14 Piece: 17677
Reference: RG14PN17677 RG78PN1081 RD378 SD3 ED1 SN113
Registration District: Upton on Severn Sub District: Kempsey
EnumerationDistrict: 1 Parish: Kempsey
Address: The Grange Napleton Kempsey Worcester
County: Worcestershire
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From the London Gazette:
6 Feb 1900: “Zrd Battalion, the Welsh Regiment, The undermentioned Gentlemen to be Second Lieutenants :— Philip Geoffrey Powys Hill. Dated 27th January, 1900.”
Mon Inscripts notes for Major Philip Geoffrey Powys Hill
On the Commonwealth War Graves site, they have:
Name: HILL, PHILLIP GEOFFREY PORVYS
Initials: P G P
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Major
Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 33
Date of Death: 09/06/1915
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot E. Grave 45.
Cemetery: MALTA (CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERYRegrettably they do not say how he died.
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