Other Information:Reginald was educated at Chigwell School, at Whitgift Grammar School and at St Bartholomew's Hospital - entering as a student in 1905. He obtained the diplomas of M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. in 1911 and graduated M.B., B.S. in 1913, having already served as 1st Surgeon to the British Red Crescent Hospital - attached to Ottoman Forces in Tripoli in the Turco-Italian War in 1912. He subsequently served as House-Physician to Dr Garrod at St Bart's House [where he was a winner of various prizes], and as Surgeon at the Great Northern Hospital. He then went into practice at Farnham in Surrey. Reginald travelled from Brisbane to join up in January 1915. He obtained a Commission in the Royal Field Artillery and went to France, arriving on the 18th February 1915. In 1917, he went to Egypt where he joined the Royal Flying Corps but was injured in a crash. Reginald was transferred to the Royal Army Medical Corps and became attached to the Coldstream Guards as their medical officer. He was awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous bravery and a fine devotion to duty during an attack on the Pilkem Ridge on 31st July 1917. The official report states: "During an attack he continually attended the wounded under heavy barrage, and on the objective being gained he quickly formed a dressing station where he was indefatigable in his attention to the wounded of his own and another battalion, although under continuous fire for two days. By his cheerfulness and splendid devotion to duty he set a fine example to all ranks." The St Bartholomew’s Hospital ‘Roll of Honour’ states that Reginald was shot while attending to wounded, however his family learnt that he was killed by a H E Shell (see Additional Information). He was the son of George William and Esther Hill of 21 West Hill, N. 6; and the husband of Ivy Elizabeth Hill of Purley, Surrey. They had one daughter. Reginald was a member of the Purley Lodge of Freemasons. It was stated by both his Chaplain, and his Colonel, that he was very much loved and admired, and that the men adored him.
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