Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookand the younger, William, is (1916) a Corpl. in the King's Own Yorkshire L.I. [Illustration: =Arthur Millett.=] =MILLETT, FREDERICK=, Stoker, R.N.R., T. 3025, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =MILLINGTON, GEORGE ERNEST=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1710), 190050, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =MILLINGTON, HERBERT HUGH=, Rifleman, No. 1881, 18th Battn. (London Irish Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of the late Rev. William Millington, Rector of Cottingham, Northamptonshire, by his wife, Margaret (St. Margaret's, Westcott, near Dorking, Surrey), dau. of George Smith, Manufacturer; _b._ Wandsworth Common, 14 May, 1873; educ. Merchant Taylors' School, and Tucson Mining College, Arizona, U.S.A., and was a mining engineer and surveyor in America. Being in England on a holiday when war broke out, he joined the London Irish Rifles the next day; went to France in March, 1915, was wounded at Givenchy on 16 May, during the Second Battle of Ypres, and died on 17 May, 1915, of wounds; _unm._ Buried in the cemetery at Aire. A stained-glass window was erected to his memory in Cottingham Church. [Illustration: =Herbert H. Millington.=] =MILLS, ARCHIBALD HARDING=, S.S.A., M. 6886 (Ports.), H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =MILLS, CHARLES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 10422, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =MILLS, CHARLES DANIEL=, Boy Servant, L. 5452, H.M.S. Cressy, eldest _s._ of Henry Albert Mills, of 39, Boleyn Road, East Ham, Packing Case Maker, by his wife, Elizabeth Jane, dau. of Daniel Hills Hobbs, Carpenter and Joiner; _b._ Stratford New Town, co. Essex, 8 Dec. 1897; educ. Plashet Lane Council School, East Ham; joined the Navy, 16 June, 1914, and was lost when H.M.S. Cressy was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._ =MILLS, EDWARD GEORGE=, Private, No. 10465, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt., eldest _s._ of Percy Mills, of The Kennels, Findon, co. Sussex, by his wife, Eliza, dau. of James Kent; _b._ Littlehampton, 3 Oct. 1895; educ. there; was an Under Cowman; enlisted after the outbreak of war, 28 Aug. 1914; trained at Dover; went to France, 24 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; _unm._ =MILLS, EWDIN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3937), 197120, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =MILLS, GEORGE HARVEY=, Private, No. 23128, 13th (Service) Battn. The Royal Scots, only surviving _s._ of George Mills, of Edinburgh, Draper, by his wife, Bertha Agnes, dau. of David Smith; _b._ Edinburgh, 22 March, 1894; educ. Musselburgh Grammar School, and Daniel Stewart's College, Edinburgh; was Cashier with Messrs. Maxton, Graham & Syme, Chartered Accountants, Edinburgh; joined the Royal Scots, 1 June, 1915; went to France, 2 Oct. 1915, and was killed in action near Vermelles, 19 Nov. following, by the bursting of a shell, which entered the dug-out where he was; _unm._ Buried at Le Haie, east of Vermelles. [Illustration: =George Harvey Mills.=] =MILLS, JESSE=, Sergt., No. 7159, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Jesse Matthew Mills, of 45, Chapel Street, Bognor, by his wife, Janet, dau. of Henry Horner, of Bognor; _b._ Bognor, Sussex, 4 Feb. 1888; educ. Council School there; enlisted at Chichester, 4 March, 1907; served four years in England and three in Egypt; and then, in Jan. 1914, joined the Police Force at Ventnor, Isle of Wight. He was recalled to the Colours, 4 Aug. following; left for France on the 29th; was wounded in action at Ypres on 21 Oct., and died in the Mater Hospital at Dublin, 16 Nov. 1914; _unm._ [Illustration: =Jesse Mills.=] =MILLS, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9433), S.S. 106665, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =MILLS, JOSEPH=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4920), S.S. 1772, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =MILLS, JOSEPH HENRY=, Private, 15/978, North Auckland Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Joseph Mills, of Westport, Gold Miner; _b._ Charleston, New Zealand, 9 July, 1889; educ. Public School there; was a Carter in Auckland; on the outbreak of war joined the Expeditionary Force, 5 Sept. 1914, left for Egypt with the second contingent; took part in the repulse of the Turkish attack on the Suez Canal, and died of wounds received in action at the Dardanelles, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ =MILLS, MARK=, Private, No. B. 1549, Ch. 9860, R.M.L.I., _s._ of Mark Mills, of Holloway, London, by his wife, Caroline, dau. of (----) Williamson; _b._ London, 11 Sept. 1879; educ. there; joined the Navy, 18 Aug. 1897, and was lost on H.M.S. Cressy, when that ship was sunk in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at St. Paul's Church, Upper Holloway, 27 Feb. 1910, Florence Caroline (53A, Ormiston Road, Shepherd's Bush, W.), dau. of Albert Aldridge, and had three children: Mark, _b._ 5 Sept. 1911; Cecil, _b._ 25 July, 1913; and Margery, _b._ 26 July, 1910. =MILLS, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2795), 186948, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =MILLWARD, HENRY WOODVINE=, Deckhand, No. 365 D.A., Trawler Section, R.N.R.; lost when the mine-sweeping trawler No. 61 (Thomas W. Irvine, of North Shields) was sunk by a mine, Aug. 1914. =MILNE, FRANCIS JAMES=, Private, No. 1555, 1st Battn. Honourable Artillery Coy., elder _s._ of James Milne, of 14, Park Houses, Willesden Green, N.W., by his wife, Harriette Eugenie, dau. of William Southwood, of Exeter, and grandson of John Milne, formerly of New Merdrum, Rhynie, co. Aberdeen; _b._ Willesden Green, afsd. 20 Dec. 1891; educ. The Haberdashers' School, West Hampstead; was a Commercial Traveller; on the outbreak of war joined the H.A.C., with his brother, Hugh, and volunteered for foreign service; went to France, 18 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Rouge Croix, 14 Nov. 1914, during the Battle for Calais; _unm._ Buried with full military honours in a farm garden, Les Lobes, La Conture, Pas-de-Calais. He was the first man in the H.A.C. to fall. Two days before he was killed he wrote: "Hugh and I are in the best of health. Don't worry if you do not hear regularly from us. The post is very uncertain. We are quite safe and glad to be out here doing our duty." Lieut.-Col. Treffery wrote: "He died as many others have done during the past few months, doing his duty and putting in the best he could for his country"; and Capt. A. L. Ward: "I think perhaps it may lessen your grief to know how well he has done his duty during the trying and difficult times we have had for the past three weeks, and as his captain, I can assure you of my sorrow at losing such an excellent soldier." While at school he passed the junior Cambridge examination, and won V form prize. He gained many prizes and certificates for sh |