Years of service 1887–1920 Battles and wars World War I Battles/wars First World War | Name John Hill Rank Major general Role Indian Army officer Allegiance United Kingdom | |
Commands held 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division Died 1935, London, United Kingdom Awards Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order | ||
Service/branch British Indian Army | ||
Major-General John Hill CB DSO (1866–1935) was a senior British Indian Army officer during the First World War.
Biography
Born in Bangalore on 14 January 1866, John Hill was educated at Bedford School and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He entered the British Army in 1887 and was gazetted to the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, subsequently transferring to the 15th Ludhiana Sikhs. He served in Burma and India during the Chin Lushai Expedition, between 1889 and 1890, the Second Miranzai Expedition, in 1891, the Chitral Expedition, in 1895, and the Tirah Campaign, between 1897 and 1898. During the First World War he served during the Gallipoli Campaign, between 1915 and 1916, in Palestine and on the Western Front. In 1916 he was appointed Aide-de-camp to King George V, and was General Officer Commanding, 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division, between 1916 and 1918.
Major General John Hill was invested as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1918. He retired in 1920 and died in London on 8 January 1935.