All Saints Church of Ireland, Blackrock memorial window commemorates Arthur Hugh Montgomery Hill, who was killed at Talana Hill on 20 October 1899 in the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902).

Hill family of Belfort

Charles Henry Hill                            married 16.04.1874                          Fanny Chichester Tuson
born 06.12.1844                               Allahabad, Bengal                             born 1856
at 22 Ely Place, Dublin                                                                                  Sussex
died 11.04.1905                                                                                             died 16.02.1940
Devenshire St, London                                                                                 Madeley Road, Ealing

Charles Henry Hill born 06.12.1844 at Ely Place, son of John Hill and Henrietta Fox.  He was
a barrister at law and married Fanny Chichester Tuson on 16.04.1874 at Allahabad, Bengal.
Fanny was the daughter of Edward Bailey and Frances Ann Tuson.  Charles was appointed
Justice of the High Court Calcutta in 1892 and retired in 1904.  He lived at Belfort (now part
of Newpark School) from 1899 to 1900 and later at Caerlyon in Killiney.  He died 11.04.1905
at Devenshire Street, London and left 2K in personal estate.

1               Arthur Hugh Montgomery Hill only son born 15.09.1877 at Allahabad, India a
                 lieutenant in the 1st Battalion Royal Fusiliers (Princess Victoria’s) was killed in action
                 at the battle of Talana Hill on 20.10.1899 at Dundee, South Africa aged 21 years.
                 Arthur resided at his father’s residence of Belfort until he joined his regiment.

                                                                                          © June Bow & Karen Poff – October 2021