Roll of Honour

Roll of Honour

Hill, Gordon

Rank: Acting Sergeant

Regiment: Palestine Police Force

Biography: Son of Thomas Hill, 28 Holburn Road, Aberdeen ; born 31 March 1923 ; educated at Robert Gordon's College. In July 1943 he graduated Bachelor of Law. He served with the Gordon Highlanders as a Private from July 1943 to March 1944, when he was transferred to the Palestine Police. He was ambushed and killed by Jewish Terrorists while on patrol duty on 10 October 1945. He was buried in Sharon Cemetery, Haifa, Palestine.

Date of Death: 10 October 1945

Burial Details: Haifa (Sharon) British Civil Cemetery, Plot 6. Grave 13

Publication: Roll of Remembrance. Published 1952.


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