Basil Alexander Hill

Major-General Sir Basil Alexander Hill, (23 April 1880 – 31 July 1960) was a British Army officer and rugby union international who represented England from 1903 to 1907. He also captained his country.

Early life Hill was born on 23 April 1880 in Broughty Ferry. He transferred to the Army Ordnance Department in 1908, and eventually retired as a major-general.

Hill served with the Royal Marine Artillery during the Siege of Tsingtao in 1914 and later at Gallipoli, for which he was Mentioned in Despatches. He later took part in the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, and was twice mentioned in despatches. For his service in the First World War, he received the Distinguished Service Order on 1 January 1917 and was promoted brevet lieutenant-colonel.

Hill was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1937, and knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1941. He was Colonel Commandant, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, from 1942 to 1947. He was a justice of the peace for Kent.

Hill died on 31 July 1960