Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Officer’s Chief Cook F. S. Hill, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (364237, F. S. Hill, O.C.C., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (364237 F. S. Hill. O.C. 1., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (364237. F. S. Hill, O. Ch. Ck. H.M.S. Royal Sovereign.) generally very fine or better

Three: Able Seaman C. H. Hill, Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Reserve
British War and Victory Medals (S.S. 7589 C. H. Hill. A.B. R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (SS.7589(PO.13819) C. H. Hill. A.B. R.F.R.) very fine (7) £140-£180

Frederick Stone Hill was born in Weymouth, Dorset in May 1881. He joined the Royal Navy as a Domestic 1st Class in November 1905, and advanced to Officer’s Chief Cook in October 1910. Hill served with H.M.S. Hyacinth (cruiser), July 1915 - June 1918, during which time she was the flagship of the Cape of Good Hope station, and was deployed to German East Africa to blockade the German light cruiser SMS Königsberg. She destroyed a German blockade runner attempting to bring supplies through the blockade in April and sank a German merchant vessel in early 1916. Hill was Shore Pensioned in May 1928.

Charles Harrison Hill was born in Whitby, Yorkshire in March 1897. He joined the Royal Navy as an Ordinary Seaman in August 1916, and advanced to Able Seaman in October 1917. Great War service included with H.M.S. Europa (cruiser), July 1917 - March 1918.