For his role in the Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, Hill received an honorary distinction and he went on to fight in the battles of Salamanca (1812), Vittoria (1813) and the siege of San Sebastián (1813). Hill received a medal on each of those occasions. Having attained the rank of colonel in the Portuguese Army, he returned to England in 1814 having with permission received the Royal Portuguese Order of the Tower and Sword on March11 1813. In July that year he was promoted to a company in the 1st Foot Guards then in January 1815 he was created a Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath.