W. G. Hilton
Service no. 688
Private, East Surrey Regiment, 7th Battalion
Died of wounds age 21 on 5 October 1915
CWGC: “Son of Sarah Annie Hilton, of 1 Trigon Road, Clapham, London.”
Remembered at Chocques Military Cemetery, France
Brother of Frederick Hilton
Information from the 1901 census
In 1901 William Hilton was 8 and living with his family at 70 Harleyford Road. His father, also called William, was 36 and working as a house porter. William (Senior) was born in Worcester. His wife, Sarah A. Hilton, 30, was born in Lambeth. Annie E. Hilton, 10, William G. Hilton, and Frederick Hilton, 4, were all born in Lambeth.