Other Information:Albert was educated at Owens College and at the Royal Infirmary, Manchester, where he took the diploma of L.S.A. in 1896, and the D.P.H. in 1912. He took up practice at Hurst, and was the medical officer at Hurst Union District and surgeon to the Lancashire county constabulary. He had also served as President of the Ashton-under Lyne Division of the British Medical Association, and was a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Public Health and a member of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. On 23rd August 1899, he joined the auxiliary forces as medical officer and attained the rank of Major on 12th July 1911. He was the Senior Medical Officer at Cairo and Heliopolis. He died at Heliopolis. He was the son of James Hilton of Hurst, Ashton-under-Lyne.
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