Tommy Hills Explained

Tommy Hills
Nationality:British (English)
Birth Date:22 January 1884
Birth Place:Scotland
Death Date:1963
Death Place:Woolwich, England
Occupation:Auctioneer/Estate Agent
Sport:Lawn bowls
Club:Eltham BC

Thomas Curtis Hills (1884-1963), was an English bowls player who competed in three British Empire Games.[1]

Bowls career

At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the gold medal in the pairs event with George Wright.[2] [3] The pair repeated the success four years later at the 1934 British Empire Games. He also competed at the 1938 British Empire Games in the singles, where he finished fourth.

Personal life

He was an auctioneer and estate agent by trade and married Beatrice Nellie Foster, they lived in Lewisham.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: "The Empire Games." Times, 23 Aug. 1930, p. 4. The Times . 23 August 1930 . 4 . Times Digital Archives.
  2. Web site: COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS. GRB Athletics.
  3. News: English team success at Emire Games . Rugby Advertiser . 29 August 1930 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 26 August 2024.
  4. Web site: UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 2 Sep 1930 Southampton. Ancestry.co.uk.