Son of Henry and Matilda Harrison Hillyard, of Poppleton House, Nether Poppleton, York.; married to Agnes Eleanor Hebden (1918)
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Attended St Peter's School, York
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Skilled horseman
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Worked for the local authority in the York region for over 40 years.
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Member of the Institute of Civil Engineers (1919)
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2nd Lt.
Regiment / Unit
Royal Field Artillery
Date of death
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104
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Visited Talbot House on several occasions. Hoped to meet up there with his 2 brothers. Had special memories of the garden.
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Suffered from gas poisoning and deafness
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His eldest brother, Wilfred, survived. His younger brother, Lt. Noel Hardcastle Hillyard, 223 Brigade Royal Field Artillery, died from wounds on 23.04.1917, aged 24 (Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension)
