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Corps of Military Police Record

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.