File:LtCol CollisGeorgeHerbertStHill RoyalNorthDevonHussars Died1917.jpg

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English: Lt.Col. Collis George Herbert St. Hill (1865-1917). Promoted Lt Col. Royal North Devon Hussars 16 June 1916. Killed in action 8 July 1917 at Villers-Plouich, Northern France, whilst commanding a batallion of the Sherwood Foresters; buried at Neuville-Bourjonval, near Ypres. He was the 2nd son of Rev. Canon Woodford St Hill of Hawkes Bay, New Zealand and was a grandson of Henry Charles St Hill, lord of the manor of Bradninch in Devon, for many centuries the seat of that family (anciently spelled "Sainthill"). His mural monument exists in St Disen's Church, Bradninch. In 1899 he married Ammabel Wilson (d.1949), a daughter of Sir Spencer Maryon Wilson, 10th Baronet of Charlton House, Kent.
Date before 1917
date QS:P,+1917-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1917-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/97663-lt-col-cgh-st-hill-photo-north-devon-hussars/
Author Unknown regimental photographer active 1917, but reasonable to assume he died pre-1947

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