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does any one know how to find out if a relative is yours from the records of deaths in www1.
we have a William Horace Hillier who we are sure he died in WWW1 there is a record listed him as a Gnr no 201079 R.C.A died in 1918. thats all we know. can anyone help us out here.

When and where was your relative born?

Is it this chap?

Births Jun 1896 (>99%)
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Hillier William Horace Greenwich 1d 1054

that one is W H M Hillier so has an additional christian name.
What info do you have on him other than his name of course!

From CWG site:

HILLIER
Initials: W H M
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Garrison Artillery
Unit Text: "J" Anti-Aircraft Bty.
Date of Death: 26/04/1918
Service No: 201079
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. D. 10.
Cemetery: EBBLINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY

Dea x

when was he born ??

Name: HILLIER
Initials: W H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Serjeant
Regiment/Service: Somerset Light Infantry
Unit Text: 7th Bn.
Age: 29
Date of Death: 24/10/1918
Service No: 14173
Awards: M M and Bar
Additional information: Husband of Rebecca Williams (formerly Hillier), of 19, Nyth Bran Terrace, Porth.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Q. 371.
Cemetery: RHONDDA (TREALAW) CEMETERY


RHONDDA (TREALAW) CEMETERY
Country: United Kingdom
Locality: Glamorganshire
Location Information: Rhondda, formerly known as Ystradyfodwg, is seven miles north-west of Pontypridd, where the river Rhondda, flowing through the Rhondda Valley, meets the river Taff. It was a coal-mining district in a heavily industrialised area, and during the early part of the 1939-1945 War was heavily raided by enemy aircraft. Trealaw Cemetery, belonging to the Rhondda Urban District Council, is on the road from Porth to Treherbert.
Historical Information: This cemetery was opened in 1881 and contains war graves of both world wars. The burials of the 1914-1918 War are scattered in various parts of this large cemetery, and shortly after the First World War a Cross of Sacrifice was erected at the cemetery entrance. The service men and women who died during the 1939-1945 War and were buried here also lie scattered throughout the cemetery. There are now nearly 70, 1914-1918 and almost 90, 1939-1945 war casualties commemorated in this site.

thanks Flick.
have you any idea where Ebblinghem is.

A little more info here - does this help?

Soldiers who died in the Great War


Name - HILLIER William Henry Manley
Place of Birth - CLAPTON MIDDX
Place of Enlistment - LONDON
Place of Residence - (STOKE NEWINGTON MIDDX)
Soldier Number - 201079
Rank - GUNNER
How they died - Died of Wounds
Place of death - F & F
Date of Death (dd/mm/yyyy) - 26/4/1918
Regiment - ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY
Battalion - HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY (ARTILLARY SECTION)
Service - ARMY

Doesn't look like he is the one you are looking for?


Dea x

hi Shirley.
he was born in greenwich

this is definetly our william, he married in 1916 to a hattie peters we have that certificate.

Link to Cemetery details

http://ww1cemeteries.com/ww1frenchcemeteries/ebblinghem.htm

George

I presume by 'that' you mean the one buried in Wales????

sorry Flick
i have just checked on the 1901 census and my william h was born in new cross london. i know this is the family his father was also a william and was an engineer.
i think that you have the right person in ebblingham as i couldnt see him in the welsh hills.
sue

If this is him, it states that he was born in Deptford (covered by Greenwich registration district) on 1911.


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HILLIER, William J Head Married
17 years M 39 1872 Working Engineer Deptford Kent
HILLIER, Elizabeth Mary Wife Married
17 years F 38 1873 Sewing Machinists Deptford Kent
HILLIER, Lilian Gertrude Daughter F 16 1895 At Home Birmingham
HILLIER, William Horace Son M 14 1897 Apprentice Deptford Kent
HILLIER, Elsie Mabel Daughter F 13 1898 School Deptford Kent
HILLIER, Fredrick Charles Son M 10 1901 School Greenwich Kent
HILLIER, Dorothy May Daughter F 8 1903 School Grennwich
HILLIER, Robert John Son M 7 1904 School Grennwich
HILLIER, Albert George Son M 5 1906 School Grennwich
HILLIER, Ernest Storer Son M 3 1908 At Home Grennwich
HILLIER, Reginald George Son M 2 1909 At Home Greenwich
HILLIER, Mabel Ruth Daughter F 1 1910 At Home Grennwich

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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
2687 Reference:
RG14PN2687 RG78PN92 RD28 SD5 ED1 SN179

Registration District:
Greenwich Sub District:
Greenwich East EnumerationDistrict:
1 Parish:
Greenwich

Address:
4 Turpin Lane Greenwich S E County:
London

Chloe,

I don't think it is the Ebblinghem one !!

I have put details of his full name above and it does not fit!

Dea x

I don't think that's him either. (the Rhondda one)That one seems to have been married to a Rebecca,while Chloe's married a Hattie.

Maureen
Edit-plus that fellow would have been born c.1889.

thanks to you all i seem to have confused some issues i knew this was going to get the better of me. Sue c that was the family you found on the 1911 census thankyou. we are going to Kew tommorow so maybe i can try and find out some more then. thankyou everyone.

Perhaps the truth is that he didn't die in WW1 -

Where did the 1916 marriage take place?

EDIT:

Is this it?

Name: Hattie Peters
Spouse Surname: Hillier
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1916
Registration district: Camberwell
Registration county (inferred): Surrey
Volume Number: 1d
Page Number: 1748
Find Spouse: Hellier William H

Did they have a child?

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Births Mar 1917 (>99%)
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Hillier Elsie M Peters Greenwich 1d 1669

Very odd - no record on Ancestry for the name Hattie Hillier - had expected to find either a re-marriage (if William died young) or a death.........but nothing to be found.