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John David Hills
A First World War officer turned schoolmaster, he wrote with the directness of someone who had lived the history himself. His best-known work offers a vivid record of the 1/5th Battalion of the Leicestershire Regiment during the war.
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About the author
John David Hills (1895–1975), often listed as J. D. Hills, was a British soldier, historian, and teacher. He served with the Leicestershire Regiment in the First World War and was awarded the Military Cross and Bar.
After the war, he studied history at Oxford and went on to a long career in education. He taught at Eton for many years before becoming headmaster of Bradfield College, a post he held from 1940 to 1955.
He is best known as the author of The Fifth Leicestershire, a detailed account of the 1/5th Battalion of the Leicestershire Regiment during World War I. The book is valued for its firsthand perspective and careful record of the battalion's wartime experience.