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Rank:
Clerk
Birth date:
30.03.1898
Service Number:
G829
Date Joined:
05.05.1918
Date Discharged:
23.09.1919
Death date:
02.08.1981
Display No. 11G
DILLON (nee HILL), Florence Maude
Florence Maude Hill joined the Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRNS) in 1918 as a Clerk. She served with the WRNS in London. She was demobilised in September 1919 before emigrating to New Zealand.
The British War Medal
Awarded medal(s)
Medal Description:
The British War Medal
The British War Medal was instituted in 1919 to recognise the successful conclusion of the First World War (1914-1918). Its coverage was later extended to recognise service until 1920, recognising mine clearing operations at sea, and participation in operations in North and South Russia, the eastern Baltic, Siberia, the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.