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Advance to the Baltic
The airborne soldiers were well suited to exploit the fluid situation that occurred following the collapse of the Rhine barri...
Francis Hilton, Son of Fredrick and Agnes Hilton, of Ballymena, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland,. served with 1st (Airborne) Battalion The Royal Ulster Rifles (RUR).He was killed on 31 March 1945 aged 30 years old, the battalion’s war diary states that the battalion was moving between Coesfeld and Greven and that there were nine casualties that day.
Rifleman Hilton is buried in Reichwald Forest Cemetery, Germany.
Service History
- Date not known 1st Battalion The Royal Ulster Rifles (Rifleman)
