Son of Matthew and Margaret Hilton, of Bolton, Lancashire. Confectionery shopkeeper of 3, St. Helens Road, Bolton, Lancashire. Formerly of 45, Wynne Street, Bolton, Lancashire. A member of the Bolton Corps of the St. John Ambulance Brigade. Enlisted June 1915. Served at the Wharnecliffe Military Hospital, and a time in Sicily. Killed instantaneously by a shell while attending wounded at a dressing station.
Hilton, Albert –
Personal details
- Surname: Hilton
- Forename: Albert
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 37
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: November 14th, 1917
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Private
- Unit: 2nd/1st East Lancashire Field Ambulance / St. John Ambulance Brigade.
- Service number: 22617
- Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: St / V / BW
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Bolton (Victoria Square) War Memorial and Bolton County Borough Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Book (Hall of Remembrance)
- Bolton Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Printed Book (Library / History Centre)
- St. John Ambulance Brigade WWI Roll of Honour - Bolton Corps (LOST)
- St. Peter's (Daubhill) Wesleyan Church WWI Memorial - Bolton
- CWGC Memorial: Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- CWGC reference: I. I. 134.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 04/06/1915
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7g
- Bolton Chronicle: 30/11/1917 07/12/1917