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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 755

(x) Four: Lieutenant F. K. Hillier, Royal Army Service Corps

1914-15 Star (M2-102603. Pte. F. K. Hillier, A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. F. K. Hillier.); Defence Medal 1939-45, nearly extremely fine (4)

Frederick Kenneth Hillier was born on 13 November 1886 at Wallington, Surrey, the son of Henry Ford Hillier of 96 Hayes Road, Bromley, Kent. Educated at Dulwich College, he gave his trade as a motor mechanic with 12 years' experience on enlistment. Having attested on 3 June 1915, he served in France a week later as a fitter, crossing the Channel aboard the S.S. Munich.

On 2 December 1915, Hillier was admitted to hospital with a fractured fibula. Transferred to England, in recovery he applied for a Commission in the Royal Army Service Corps which was granted on 18 June 1916. The Headmaster of Dulwich College Preparatory School acted as his referee. From 13 October 1916, he served in France with the Motorised Transport attached to 180th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, and later served with IX Corps Siege Park.

Demobilised in 1919, petrol and the love of speed continued to flow through his veins, for he was clocked speeding at 48 miles per hour and fined £6 for his trouble (Surrey Mirror, 4 December 1925, refers); sold with named card box of issue for the Medals and copied research.


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