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DARLINGTON

Hilton, W.D., Sgt., 1940

Photo: David Thompson

Photo: David Thompson

Photo: David Thompson

In Darlington West Cemetery is the Commonwealth War Grave of:

754206 Sergeant
W.D. Hilton
U/T Pilot
Royal Air Force
12th September 1940 age 21

He sleeps
in God's beautiful garden
in the sunshine
of perfect peace.

Beside it is a birdbath which has an inscription which reads:

Sacred to
Sgt. Pilot
William Denys Hilton
(the rest, below grass level,
cannot be read

He is remembered in Darlington on D40.035


The CWGC entry for Sergeant Pilot Hilton

If you know more about this person, please send the details to janet@newmp.org.uk