Name
George John Mills
1899
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
17/06/1918
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
57006
Lancashire Fusiliers
16th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ
VIII. L. 31.
France
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Berkhamsted Town Memorial, Sunnyside Memorial, Berkhamsted
Pre War
George John Mills was born in 1899, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Mills, and baptised on 23 July 1899 in Great Berkhamsted. He was one of four children, but one had died by 1911.
On the 1901 Census the family were living at 4 Thompsons Row, Berkhamsted where his father was working as a general dealer (on his own account). They had moved to 49A Ellesmere Road, Berkhamsted by 1911.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Watford, Herts and served with 16th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers.
He was killed in action on 17 June 1918 and was originally interred in Blairville Orchard British Cemetery, later being exhumed and re-buried at Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, France.
Additional Information
His mother received a war gratuity of £5 and pay owing of £4 3s 9d. She also received a pension of 5 shillings a week.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Jonty Wild
