10.5287/BODLEIANDNFV.1
First World War Poetry Digital Archive, University Of Oxford
University Of Oxford
First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Photograph of Arthur Hilton in full dress with wife
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
2011
Dataset
nsJvlaZm93956
1914-08-01/1914-12-31
2011-12-04 21:03:24.887284
2011
gwa-9369
Photograph
Arthur Hilton (East Yorks) was my grandfather, killed in action 3rd May 1915. He left a widow, Hilda Hilton, daughter Hilda aged 7 (my mother) and a son Leslie aged 3.
Arthur Hilton is listed on the roll of honour in Beverley Minster and his name appears on the Menin Gate.
Editor's Comment:
Photograph of Arthur Hilton when a corporal, in full dress, with Hilda.
From the effects of Serjeant 1062 Arthur Hilton, 1st/4th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment, killed in action 3rd May 1915, aged 31. The husband of Hilda G. Brown (formerly Hilton), of 17, William St., Porter St., Hull, he is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. His battalion, as part of the 50th (Northumbrian) Division, was engaged in the Battle of St Julien, the second phase of the Second Battle of Ypres.