The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A E Hills

Photograph by "Mr Bob"

Private Albert Edward HILLS, G/7259, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly Kent Yeomanry), killed in action, Flanders France, 8th May 1918, age 31.

Born Paddlesworth, Kent, son of Henry Hills.

1911 Census - Matfield Green, Kent - William Childs, head, age 51, married, gardener domestic, worker, born Alkham, Kent; Sophia Childs, wife, age 57, married 30 years, 7 children, 6 still living, born Sevenoaks, Weald, Kent; Thomas Childs, son, age 37, single, house boy, worker, born Matfield, Kent; Albert Edward Hills, boarder, age 22, single, shop assistant, grocer, worker, born Paddlesworth, Kent.

17th June 1913, Sellinge, Kent, Albert Edward Hills, age 26, married Hilda Prebble.

Enlisted Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Resided 3, Five Wents, Matfield, Paddock Wood, Kent.

Buried at Tannay British Cemetery,Plot 2. Row C. Grave 10., Thiennes, Nord, France.

External link to Aldington Roll of Honour.

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