Robert Hill Hanna VC (6 August 1886 – 15 June 1967), was a Presbyterian[1] Irish-born naturalised immigrant to Canada.

[2] He was a Company Sergeant-Major in the 29th Battalion, CEF, Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War when the following deed took place during the Battle of Hill 70 for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross.

[3] Hanna was decorated for his courageous actions with the Victoria Cross by His Majesty King George V, at a ceremony held at Buckingham Palace on December 5, 1917.

He was born near Hanna's Close in Kilkeel, County Down, in the province of Ulster in Ireland, near to the Mourne Mountains.

Hanna is buried at the Masonic Cemetery, Burnaby, British Columbia (plot 49, section C, grave 2).