Roger P. Hill (Royal Navy officer)

Roger Percival Hill
Hill on board HMS Grenville
Born	22 June 1910 Cuckfield, Sussex, England
Died	5 May 2001 Arrowtown, New Zealand
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1927 – April 1946
Rank	Lieutenant Commander
Commands held	HMS Ledbury HMS Grenville HMS Jervis
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Distinguished Service Order, Distinguished Service Cross & Mentioned in Despatches
Other work	Published: Destroyer Captain (1975 memoirs)

Lieutenant Commander Roger Percival Hill, DSO, DSC, (22 June 1910 – 5 May 2001) was a commander in many famous destroyers of the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Hill served in crucial theatres of the war, being present in the Arctic convoys, the Mediterranean Campaign and Malta Convoys, as well as playing a supporting role aboard HMS Jervis during the Normandy landings.

Hill's first command, HMS Ledbury played a part in the success of Operation Pedestal, the convoy to resupply the beleaguered island of Malta. The Ledbury propped up the crucial oil tanker SS Ohio after it was hit and successively torpedoed by Axis forces, and nursed it to reach the Grand Harbour, Valletta.

Hill was educated at Pangbourne College, before joining the Royal Navy in 1927. Between 1 September 1928 and October 1930, he served aboard the battlecruiser HMS Renown, with the Atlantic Fleet. Hill was confirmed as a sub-lieutenant on 16 July 1931, and then took a promotion course at Portsmouth between August 1931 and January 1932, serving in the Mediterranean aboard the battleship HMS Resolution up to June 1933. He was promoted to lieutenant on 1 December 1933. He served aboard the cruiser HMS Caradoc in China while Hill was aboard the destroyer HMS Electra (part of the Home Fleet). He served again aboard HMS Hood between August 1937 and February 1938, later serving in the Mediterranean aboard the cruiser HMS Penelope. After serving for the eight months ending March 1940 aboard the minesweeping trawler HMS Tamora, Hill served as first lieutenant aboard the sloop HMS Enchantress. Having been stationed for three months on the mainly administrative Combined Operations CentreHMS Quebec II in Largs, Scotland, he was appointed as commander of HMS Ledbury on 30 December 1941.