Richard, General HILTON
- Extended Description
- General Richard HILTON, D.S.O., M.C., D.F.C., and Bar. Order of St Olav of the Royal Artillery and The Royal Flying Corps who died in 1981 age 87. On behalf of the Allied Liberating Forces in 1945
he accepted the surrender of Norway from the
occupying power He was the husband of Phyllis and father of Sir Peter
also in the same plot,
Colonel Sir Peter HILTON
K.C.V.O., M.C. and two bars, L.L.D, K.St.J, J.P.
Order of Minerva and Ukrainian. Gold Cross
of the Royal Horse Artillery who died at Alton
Manor on the 30th May 1995, 75
High Sheriff of Derbyshire 1970
Lord Lieutenant Custos Rotulorum for the county, 1978 1994 National President of the
Normandy Veterans Association Ancestral Home, Hilton Castle,County Durham
His memorial, a grave stone, has been covered with grass etc. When the weather gets warmer I will return and clear this memorial in order to take a photo
