Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Major E. I. Hill, Royal Army Medical Corps

General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (23997505 Cpl. E. I. Hill. RAMC.); Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (Capt E I Hill RAMC); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (Lt E I Hill RAMC) mounted court-style as worn; together with the recipient’s related miniature awards, these mounted ordinary-style as worn; and the Saudi Arabia and Kuwait Medals for the Liberation of Kuwait 1991, both in boxes of issue, nearly extremely fine (5) £400-£500

Edward Ian Hill was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, on 15 May 1946 and served with the Royal Army Medical Corps, rising through the ranks from Private to Captain. Recalled from the Reserve of Officers for service in the Gulf War, with the rank of Major, prior to his deployment Hill received ‘a startling cornucopia of prophylactic injections’ which included anthrax and plague. Unable to complete his service in the Gulf after falling ill, he died at Knutsford, Cheshire, on 6 March 2001, aged 54 ‘from natural causes to which service as part of the 1991 Gulf Campaign contributed.’ (the recipient’s death certificate refers).