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My VAC AccountHarrington, Ontario
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The Hill Memorial commemorates two brothers who were killed in the First World War. It is not known what year the family erected the stone in their memory.
Edward Robert Hill was killed in action at an attack near Passchendaele on October 26, 1917, while his younger brother, William Lowrie Hill, was presumed to have died on or since June 5, 1916 at Sanctuary Wood.
IN COMMEMORATION OF
PTE. WILLIAM HILL
KILLED AT THE BATTEL OF
SANCTUARY WOOD, BELGIUM
JUNE 5, 1916
AGED 28 YEARS.
AND
PTE. EDWARD R. HILL
KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF
PASSCHENDAELE, BELGIUM
OCTOBER 26, 1917
AGED 35 YEARS.
