Cpl
Isaac Hill
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 01/12/1887 |
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Place of birth: Poolstock, Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom |
General information
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Profession: Coal miner |
Army information
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Country: England, United Kingdom |
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Force: British Expeditionary Force |
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Rank: Corporal |
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Service number: 12667 |
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Enlistment place: Warrington, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom |
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Units: — Worcestershire Regiment, 2nd Bn. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 26/09/1917 |
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Place of death: Veldhoek, Geluveld, Belgium |
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Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.) |
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Age: 29 |
Memorial
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Tyne Cot Memorial Panel: 75 |
Distinctions and medals 2
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British War Medal Medal |
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Victory Medal Medal |
Points of interest 3
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| #3 | Place of death (approximate) |
My story
Corporal Isaac Hill served in the 2nd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment during the Battle of Passchendaele. Isaac’s Battalion was part of the 100th Brigade, of the 33rd Division. The former coalminer was married to Rachel Lindley. They had two daughters, Margaret and Edith.
On 24 September 1917 the 2nd Worcestershire Regiment moved into frontline positions near Northampton Farm at the hamlet of Veldhoek,. Moments later the Germans of the 16. Königlich Bayerische Infanterie-Division attacked the 33rd divisional frontline. They managed to push back the troops along the Menin Road, but the 2nd Worcesters on the left and the 4th King’s (Liverpool Regiment) of the 98th Brigade held their ground.
On the 26th the 100th Brigade was ordered to regain the ground lost on the previous day, while the 98th Brigade was to cover the advance. At 5.30 a.m., after a twenty-minute long artillery barrage, the Infantry advanced. At the exact same moment the German artillery started shelling the British positions with redoubled intensity. The 2nd Worcester’ Headquarters situated in a fortified tower of the ruined Veldhoek Château got several direct hits. The situation became very dire, though once the Infantry attack developed the German artillery fire was diverted. The front-companies of Isaac’s Battalion engaged in a fire fight with the Bavarians. According to the Battalion’s War diary the 2nd Worcesters inflicted heavy casualties on the Bavarians near the “Pimple” and Polderhoek Château. While the 1/9th Highlanders advanced through Polderhoek Copse, the 2nd Worcesters stopped a German counter-attack coming from Jut Farm.
Despite these actions the British troops were pinned down and weren’t able to advance to Polderhoek. Almost no headway had been made. The fighting had been very severe. Over 340 men passed through the 2nd Worcesters and 4th King’s aid station at Veldhoek Château. Many wounded kept lying in no man’s land, as the heavy artillery fire made it neigh to impossible to evacuate the wounded.
Isaac Hill, aged 29, was killed in action during the fighting at Veldhoek, leaving behind a young family. Isaac has no known grave and is remembered on panel 75 of the Tyne Cot Memorial.
On 24 September 1917 the 2nd Worcestershire Regiment moved into frontline positions near Northampton Farm at the hamlet of Veldhoek,. Moments later the Germans of the 16. Königlich Bayerische Infanterie-Division attacked the 33rd divisional frontline. They managed to push back the troops along the Menin Road, but the 2nd Worcesters on the left and the 4th King’s (Liverpool Regiment) of the 98th Brigade held their ground.
On the 26th the 100th Brigade was ordered to regain the ground lost on the previous day, while the 98th Brigade was to cover the advance. At 5.30 a.m., after a twenty-minute long artillery barrage, the Infantry advanced. At the exact same moment the German artillery started shelling the British positions with redoubled intensity. The 2nd Worcester’ Headquarters situated in a fortified tower of the ruined Veldhoek Château got several direct hits. The situation became very dire, though once the Infantry attack developed the German artillery fire was diverted. The front-companies of Isaac’s Battalion engaged in a fire fight with the Bavarians. According to the Battalion’s War diary the 2nd Worcesters inflicted heavy casualties on the Bavarians near the “Pimple” and Polderhoek Château. While the 1/9th Highlanders advanced through Polderhoek Copse, the 2nd Worcesters stopped a German counter-attack coming from Jut Farm.
Despite these actions the British troops were pinned down and weren’t able to advance to Polderhoek. Almost no headway had been made. The fighting had been very severe. Over 340 men passed through the 2nd Worcesters and 4th King’s aid station at Veldhoek Château. Many wounded kept lying in no man’s land, as the heavy artillery fire made it neigh to impossible to evacuate the wounded.
Isaac Hill, aged 29, was killed in action during the fighting at Veldhoek, leaving behind a young family. Isaac has no known grave and is remembered on panel 75 of the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Sources 7
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"Paschendaele The Day-by-Day Account", McCarthy C., Uniform, 2018, page 90 - 93 Sources used |
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"The History of the 33rd Divisional Artillery in the war 1914 - 1918", Macartney-Filgate J., The Naval & Military Press Ltd, s.d., page 66 - 67 Sources used |
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"The Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War", Stacke H.F., G.T. Cheshire & Sons Ltd, s.d., page 288 - 291 Sources used |
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Ancestry https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1543&h=433388&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=QVl1&_phstart=successSource Further reference |
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CWGC https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/836562/hill,-isaac/ Sources used |
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The Long Long Trail http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/worcestershire-regiment/ Sources used |
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War Diary http://www.nmarchive.com/war-diary-result/2430-2859/page/0 Further reference |