CAPT. HARRY ELTHAN HILTON.
Capt. Harry Elthan Hilton, only child of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Hilton, of Kingston, Nova Scotia. Born September 16, 1894. When war broke out was on the Staff of the Bank of Nova Scotia. He enlisted in the 63rd Regiment on August 14, 1914, gazetted Lieutenant the following month and sailed for England with a draft of the 63rd on March 1, 1916. Went to France, June 14, 1916, and was attached to the 42nd Battalion. He fought at Courcellette and various other engagements throughout the Somme campaign. Later was transferred to the 7th Trench Mortar Battery and was killed at Vimy Ridge. Gazetted Captain, January 13, 1917.
CAPT. A. S. ALLEN, M.C.
Capt. A. S. Allen, M.C., son of Mr. Arthur E. Allen, of Yarmouth, N.S. Born at Glenwood, Yarmouth County, July 23, 1895. At the age of sixteen he entered the service of the Bank of Nova Scotia, and in 1913 was transferred to the Barrington Street Branch, Halifax. He qualified as Lieutenant in the 81st Regiment and proceeded Overseas with the 40th Battalion. In March, 1916, he joined the 18th Battalion in France. He was later gazetted Captain and awarded the Military Cross. In November he transferred to the R.F.C. On April 30, 1917, while reconnoitering over Gouzeaucourt his plane was attacked by six enemy machines. Captain Allen was hit by a machine-gun bullet and was dead when his plane crashed. Lieut. D. Mactavish, Inverness, Scotland, who accompanied him on this flight, writes:
“I can never forget him as I saw him at the last, calm and collected to the end, sighting and firing until his strength gave out and he was overcome by exhaustion. It is given to a few men to live greatly, but to be able to die as he did is a gift of God. Truly he won—Per ardua ad astra.”
