|
|
This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this site you agree to accept cookies.
If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation.
Site Home
Help & FAQs
Features
Submissions
Information
Advertisements
World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
Pte. Charles Miles
British Army 5th Btn. Cameron Highlanders
from:West View, Brierley, Barnsley
(d.3rd May 1917)
My Uncle Charlie Miles, was 24 years old when he died. He enlisted in Sheffield with a friend, Claude Pickard, (S/40469). He, together with about 300 other members of the battalion, were killed by British Artillery - friendly fire! Apparently the British maps weren't accurate.
Private Charles Miles
British Army 5th Battalion Cameron Highlanders
from:West View, Brierley, Narnsley
(d.3rd May 1917)
Sjt. E. Miles
Army 8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Francis James Miles
British Army 15th Btn. Hampshire Regiment
from:Cosham
(d.2nd Oct 1918)
Francis Miles served with the 15th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment in WW1. He died 2nd of October 1918 aged 19 years and is buried Hooge Crater Cemetery in Belgium. Son of Walter James and Elizabeth Georgina Miles of 2 Albert Rd., Cosham, Hants.
A/Sgt. George Ernest Miles
British Army Machine Gun Corps
George Miles was born in Rotherwick, Hampshire in 1879. We have no information regarding his Army service apart from the information on the Medal Index and Roll.
George survived the war and went on to be the head groom for the Empress Eugenie, wife of Napoleon.
Gnr. George Herbert Miles
British Army 41st Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
My uncle George Miles was gassed on 19th of May 1918. He survived the war and died in 1959.
Gnr. George Herbert Miles
215th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Heckfield
Gnr. John H Miles
British Army 42 Trench Howitzer Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Treorchy
(d.9th Aug 1915)
John Miles was my wife's Great Uncle, he was killed at Ypres within 6 weeks of arriving at the front. He is buried at Lijssenhoek Cemetery, alongside others who seem to be from the same gun crew.
Pte. W. Miles
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
Pte. Wallace Ernest Ralph Miles
British Army 9th Btn. Gloucester Regiment
from:Colesbourne
(d.27th Oct 1918)
Wallace Miles was my great uncle and we believe he was killed in the battle of Cambrai. My grandfather Albert survived the war and came home. He named his second son after Wallace.
Rflmn. William George Miles
British Army 16th (St Pancras) Battalion Rifle Brigade
from:Gilpin Crescent, Edmonton
(d.3rd Sep 1916)
William George Miles was killed on 3rd September 1916 while serving with 16th (St Pancras) Battalion, Rifle Brigade. This Battalion was formed on 2nd April 1915 and landed in France at Le Havre on 8th March 1916. On 3rd September 1916 as part of the 117th Brigade, 39th Division it was tasked with attacking some high ground north of Hamel that was held by the German 121st Regiment. The attack failed and cost the Battalion more than 400 casualties one of whom was William George Miles. He has no known grave but is remembered on the Memorial at Thiepval.
Pte. Albert Miley
British Army 2nd/4th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Middleton, Manchester
(d.17th Dec 1916)
Private Miley was the Son of the late Rev. John Miley and Elizabeth Miley, of Middleton, Manchester; husband of Ellen Heeds Miley.
He was 38 when he died and is buried in the Somerset Military Burial Ground in Bermuda, Grave 21.
Pte. George Milford
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
2nd Lt. William Henry Mill
British Army 1/5th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers
from:21, Drummond Place, Edinburgh
(d.12th July 1915)
William, or Willie as he was known to his family, was the only son of William Henry Mill, an Edinburgh lawyer, and his wife, Caroline, and was brother to four sisters, Caroline, Helen, Jane and Ruth. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy, and on leaving school enlisted with the Royal Scots Fusiliers, gaining his comission in 1914. He sailed from Liverpool on the S.S Mauretania with his Battalion and the 1/4th on May 1915, arriving at the huge harbour of Mudros on Lemnos, before sailing on to Gallipoli, landing there on June 7th. His battalion took part in the Battles of Gully Ravine and Achi Baba Nullah. Hand-written notes in his pocket Bible, recovered from his body, show him at rest camp on June 19th, in support trenches on June 25th, 27th, 29th and 30th, and in the support trenches at 'Clapham Junction' on July 3rd. His last entries show him in a rest camp on July 7th and 8th.
Under-lined passages from the Bible clearly show that he took support from the book and was determined to do the right thing. He was killed in action on July 12th, in the Battle of Achi Baba Nullah, aged 19. His body was recovered and lies in a marked grave not far from where he fell, in Redoubt Cemetery. His parents visited the grave shortly after the war but as far as I know it was not re-visited until his sister Jane, my Grandmother, travelled there around 1965. I have his pocket Bible and one of his lapel badges, recovered from his body, and his medals.
Sgt. Harry Millar
British Army 4th Btn. West Riding Regiment
Pte. John Millar
British Army Seaforth Highlanders
from:Hull
My father, John Millar was in the Seaforth Highlanders. He was in France from 1914 to mid 1916 when he was wounded and spent a long time in a military hospital.
He was born in Glasgow, Maryhill, in 1894, I believe, and after being discharged lived the rest of his life in Hull. These are the only details I can remember about him but would like to know more if possible.
Spr. Robert Millar
British Army Royal Engineers
from:Bowhill, Cardenden, Fife, Scotland
My great-uncle Bob Millar served as a Sapper during WWI. He was born in Newbattle Edinburgh on 7th Aug 1886 and died on the 27th Jan 1975 in Bowhill, Fife. He never married and had no offspring. I have his war medals. I knew him very well but he never talked about being in the war. His brothers were also Sappers but as they had children and many descendants they will be remembered. He was very tall at least 6'4" so how he tunnelled under enemy lines to plant bombs is astounding. He worked as a miner all his life. I only have a couple of photos of him sadly and none in uniform. But I do have his medals which are in a shadow box along with my dad's WWII medals.
Pte. Robert Millar
British Army 1st Btn. Cameron Highlanders
from:Peebles
(d.26th Mar 1915)
Robert Millar served with the 1st Battalion, Cameron Highlanders during WW1 and died on the 26th March 1915, aged 21. He is buried in Niederzwehren Cemetery, Germany. He was the son of Robert and Mary Millar, of 12, Waterside, Peebles.
Pte. Robert Millar
British Army 1st btn. Cameron Highlanders
from:Peebles
(d.26th March 1915)
Robert Millar died on the 26th of March 1915, aged 21. Buried in the Niederzwehren Cemetery in Germany, he was the son of Robert and Mary Millar, of 12, Waterside, Peebles.
L/Cpl. S. Millar
British Army 11th Btn., C Coy. Royal Irish Rifles
(d.1st July 1916)
L/Cpl Millar died of wounds on 1st July 1916. He is buried in Forceville Communal Cemetery Extn. Plot 2, Row A, Grave 9.
He was the son of Alexander and Mary Millar, 52 Larne Street, Ballymena, Co. Antrim.
CSM. William Millar MC.
British Army 5th Btn. A Coy. Seaforth Highlanders
My Great Grandfather was C.S.M William Millar MC and this is one of the photos found amoungst his memorabilia.
Pte. William James Millar
British Army 15th Btn. Cheshire Regiment
from:Hanna Street, Belfast
(d.20th Aug 1916)
Pte. Charles Arthur Millard
British Army 23rd Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:Waddesdon, Bucks
(d.29th Jul 1918)
Charles Millard is among those listed on Waddesdon War Memorial. I am trying to write an account of each person named, so for those interested, they will cease to be just a list of names to be read out each Remembrance Day. CWGC records show him to have been attached to 123rd Trench Mortar Battery at the time of his death. I assume that as this is officially noted, his attachment was not just to haul supplies on a few nights. I wondered if someone can advise me whether 123rd T M B War Diaries or other records exist for July 1918? Also any other advice will be gratefully received.
Sgt. Fred Millard
British Army 4th Btn. West Riding Regiment
Fred Millard was discharged on the 6th of March 1916, time expired
Pte George Millard
Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S.Invincible
from:1, Chelsey Place, off Moores Square, Landport, Portsmouth.
(d.31st May 1916)
Pte. John Herbert Millard
British Army 4th Btn. Rifle Brigade
John Millard was taken prisoner in Salonica, ib April 1918, but after his release he lived to see his 100th birthday in October 1983.
Col. Reginald Jeffery Millard
Australian Army Medical Corps 1st Field Ambulance
from:Australia
Reginald Jeffery Millard was a medical practitioner from Sydney who served with the Australian Army Medical Corps from 1914 to 1919. Prior to the outbreak of the First World War, Millard was the Medical Superintendent at the Coast Hospital (later Prince Henry Hospital) in Little Bay, Sydney. He enlisted with the Medical Corps on 28 August 1914 as a major and was assigned to the 1st Field Ambulance. Millard departed Australia aboard HMAT Euripides on 20 October 1914..
Millard witnessed the landing at Gallipoli from a hospital ship offshore, expressing his dismay at the failure of the attack and fearing for the lives of new soldiers to be sent ashore. In July 1915, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and in early 1916 became Assistant Director of Medical Services at the Australian Imperial Force Headquarters (AIF) in Egypt, though quickly moved to the same position at the AIF Headquarters in London, because of his experience. There, he worked with the Director of Medical Services, Major General Neville Howse VC, to coordinate the delivery of medical services to the entire AIF.
In January 1917, now a colonel, Millard proceeded to France to command the No. 1 Australian General Hospital at Rouen and in June of the same year received the Order of St. Michael and St. George for his "valuable services in connection with the war". At the end of 1917, Colonel Millard was forced to return to Australia on personal leave, returning to service in England in mid-1918. His involvement in the war would only last another year, as he returned to Australia in October 1919. In June of that year Colonel Reginald Millard was awarded a Commander of the British Empire for his services during the war.
Pte. David Millbank
British Army 15th Battalion Hampshire Regiment
from:Milborne Port, Somerset
(d.20th September 1917)
L/Cpl. Thomas Albert Noel Milledge
British Army 6th Btn. Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
from:Gravesend, Kent
(d.3rd May 1917)
Thomas Milledge was in the Royal West Kent Regiment and was shot in the neck in 1914. He was sent to a hospital in Carmarthen, Wales and, when he recovered he went back to his unit. He was posted missing presumed dead on 3rd May 1917. No body has ever been found, so he has no grave, just his name on the Arras Memorial. He was just 21 years old.
Pte. Arthur Millen
British Army 22nd Btn. London Regiment
from:Bermondsey
(d.8th Jul 1915)
My great uncle was Arthur Millen, born in Rainham in 1896. He moved to London in 1905 and lived in Dennets Road, New Cross. Arthur enlisted in the 22nd London Regiment in 1914 and was in training in St. Albans when the war broke out. Prior to leaving for France, Arthur married Ethell Newland from Bermondsey who was carrying the child he would never see. He arrived in Le Havre in March 1915.
Arthur was killed on the 8th July 1915, aged 19 According to the War Diarys Arthur was laying a communication trench when he was killed. He is buried in Fosse 7 War Cemetery in Mazengarbe. We visited his grave in 2011 to pay our respects. As we approach the anniversary of the great war we should reflect on the sacrifice Arthur and the millions of others who layed down there lives for this country.
Page 68 of 102
Can you help us to add to our records?
The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them
Did your relative live through the Great War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial?
If so please let us know.
Do you know the location of a Great War "Roll of Honour?"We are very keen to track down these often forgotten documents and obtain photographs and transcriptions of the names recorded so that they will be available for all to remember.
Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice.
Celebrate your own Family History
Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Great War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc.
Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages.
The free section of The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers.
This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources and we currently have a huge backlog of submissions.
If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small to help with the costs of keeping the site running.
Hosted by:
The Wartime Memories Project Website
is archived for preservation by the British Library
Copyright MCMXCIX - MMXXIV
- All Rights Reserved -We do not permit the use of any content from this website for the training of LLMs or for use in Generative AI, it also may not be scraped for the purpose of creating other websites.
