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Howard Stephenson Hill

In memory of:

Squadron Leader Howard Stephenson Hill

April 18, 1943

Military Service


Service Number:

J/15522

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Honours and Awards:

Distinguished Flying Cross

Additional Information


Son of Rowland and Annie Brook Hill, of Montreal, Quebec.

Brother of Warrant Officer Class II Raymond Hepton Hill who died on February 3, 1943 while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Commemorated on Page 170 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

DISHFORTH CEMETERY
Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Grave 70.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Memorial– Squadron Leader Howard Stephenson Hill is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Squadron Leader Howard Stephenson Hill is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Owen Sound Sun Times April 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Brothers Howard and Ray Hill honoured  - Photo submitted by On The War Memorial Trail research project.
  • Gravemarker
  • Newspaper Clipping– Winnipeg Tribune clipping. H.S. Hill second from right.

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