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Surname: HILTON
Forename(s): Arthur
Place of Birth: Derby, Derbyshire
Service No: ---
Rank: T/2nd Lieutenant
Regiment / Corps / Service: York and Lancaster Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 1/5th Battalion
Division: 49th (West Riding) Division
Age: 25
Date of Death: 1917-10-09
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Addenda Panel 163.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: INGLETON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Arthur Hilton was the son of Arthur Job and Adelaide Hilton, née Harston. Arthur, senior, was born at Derby, Derbyshire and Adelaide at New Lenton, Nottinghamshire.
1901 Chesterfield, Derbyshire Census: 7, Hardwick Street - Arthur Hilton, aged 9 years, born Derby, Derbyshire, son of Arthur and Adelaide Hilton.
1911 Chesterfield, Derbyshire Census: 34, Catherine Street - Arthur Hilton, aged 19 years, born Derby, Derbyshire, son of Arthur and Adelaide Hilton.
Arthur was married to Mabel Maud Deakin in 1917.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: ( - ) Arthur Hilton, 31982, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment; Cpl 29781, Yorkshire Regiment & 2nd Lieut York and Lancaster Regiment. Commissioned: 6 June 1917. Theatre of War first served in: France. Date of entry therein: 5 January 1916. Correspondence: (Widow) Mrs Atkinson, Pitsmoor Road, Sheffield.
In 2019 the CWGC commemoration for Arthur was transferred from Arras Memorial to Tyne Cot Memorial - Addenda Panel. His name will be removed from the Arras Memorial when the appropriate panel is next replaced.
Photograph: ‘Derbyshire Courier’ (3 November 1917).
A short biography of Arthur is included in: ‘The Ingleton War Memorial, 1914-18, 1939-45’ by Andrew Brooks (2005).
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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T/2nd Lieutenant Arthur HILTON
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: York and Lancaster Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 49th (West Riding) Division
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