Английская Википедия:Augustus Hill (British Army officer)

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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox military person Brigadier-General Augustus West Hill, Шаблон:Post-nominals (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.Шаблон:Sfn He was subsequently mentioned in dispatches[2] and appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath for this action.[3]

He became General Officer Commanding the Welsh Division in August 1908, shortly before retiring in January 1909.[4] He lived at Beckington Castle in Somerset from 1896 until 1901.[5]

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.Шаблон:Sfn

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