Roland Voden – Hill – Great Western Railway – Private – 31/01/1916

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Title

Roland Voden – Hill – Great Western Railway – Private – 31/01/1916

Initials / forenames

Roland Voden

Surname

Hill

Railway company

Great Western Railway

Military unit

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, 9th Battalion

Military rank

Private

Military number

19475

Railway department

Stores Department, Swindon (Westbourne Park)

Railway job

Warehouse Lad

Date died

31/01/1916

Magazine reference

Great Western Railway Magazine May 1916, p123. Photo: March 1916, p73

Memorial

Kensal Green (All Souls') Cemetery

Notes

Aged 16, son of Charles and Amelia Hill of 37 Bravington Rd, Paddington, London. Hill had been in the GWR service since June 1913. He died from spotted fever occurred in a hospital at Fulham. <br /><br />The GWR Magazine gives his location as both Swindon (p73) and Westbourne Park (p123).

Information source

St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919, Great Western Railway Magazine (image and research contributed by STEAM: Museum of the Great Western Railway), Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Date entered

10/05/2017

Last updated

10/05/2017

Citation

“Roland Voden – Hill – Great Western Railway – Private – 31/01/1916,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 18, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/53930.