| Surname: | Hill |
| Initials: | C |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 2612542 |
| Notes: | CMP. Guards Armoured Div Pro Coy. Formerly Grenadier Guards, transferred to CMP. War Diary Guards Armd Div Pro Coy, WO 166/6483. 6/8/42 2612542 L/Cpl Hill, C award for act of gallantry. 11/12/45 discharged. Cyril Hill. |
Decoration Record: | |
| Decoration: | Act of Gallantry (London Gazette: War Diary Page: WO 166/6483 Aug. 6, 1942) |
| Citation: | 6/8/1942 Notification was received that an act of gallantry should be recorded on the documents of No. 2612542 L/Cpl Hill C in that he at great personal risk dragged a pilot from a burning Tomahawk aeroplane, the pilot was unfortunately dead. 9/7/1942 L/Cpl Hill C. proceeded to WELLS in connection with an Inquest being held on an airman killed in an air crash. War Diary Guards Armoured Division Pro Coy WO 166/6483. |