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Sgt William Easson Duthie Milne
British Army 13th Btn. Royal Scots
Capt. Padre. C. Milner
Army 8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Tpr. Robinson Ridley Milner
British Army Northumberland Hussars
(d.17th Aug 1918)
Pte. J. Milroy
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Robert Milroy
British Army 9th Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
from:Clydebank, Glasgow
(d.14th Jul 1915)
Robert Milroy was my great-great-grandfather. He served with 9th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles).
Lt. Sidney Milsom
British Army 8th Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:Bath, Somerset
(d.30 July 1915)
My Great Uncle Sidney Milsom was killed in action at Hooge on 30 July 1915. I am in touch with an historian who is providing me with further information relating to Sidney's death at Hooge. Sidney was Lieutenant (T)of the 8th Battalion Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own). I do not have his service number as yet, but have found that he is Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Panel 46 - 48 and 50. The following have also been found: "Lieutenant Rifle Brigade, 8th Bn. 29 30 July 1915 Son of Mr. F. H. MILSOM, of Audley Lodge, Bath. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium Also appears in the Somerset County Roll of Honour. Also appears in Bath College memorial in Bath Abbey. 1911 Student in Chemistry boarding at Cliff Lawn Esplanade, Fowey Cornwall. Brother of Edward" First Name: SIDNEY Initials: S Surname: MILSOM Rank: Lieutenant Service: Army Regiment: Rifle Brigade Battalion: 8th Battalion Age: 29 Nationality: British Campaign Medals: 1914/15 Star Victory Medal British War Medal Date of Death: 30/07/1915 Commemorated: British More Information:Parent: Mr. F. H. Milsom, of Audley Lodge, Bath.
Sgt. William James Denton Milson DCM.
British Army 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment
from:Minster Moorgate, Beverley, Yorkshire
(d.4th July 1916)
My great uncle Wil Milson won his DCM whilst the 2nd Battalion of the Yorkshire Regiment were near Bethune in the Loos sector,in November 1915, an area full of mine works.
The Regiment's history notes that both the British and the Germans were attempting to explode mines under each other's trenches. At midnight on the 29th the 2nd Battalion were busy endeavouring to explode mines before the Germans exploded theirs, and laid charges timed to explode at 4am on the 30th and then they planned to move up across quickly, given the torrential rain, a very muddy No Mans Land. As there was no response after the explosions for several hours an advance party of some 30 men went to consolidate the trench taken from the Germans only for the Germans to blow another small mine which buried about 25 men. My Uncle, assisted by a Corporal Wilson, organised a rescue party under heavy shell fire and supervised and assisted in rescuing the men, despite German sniper fire and a heavy bombardment. They worked so well that 19 of the men were rescued although 6 remained missing.
The 2nd Battalion The Yorkshire regiment were part of the 21st Brigade of the 30th Division at the Battle of the Somme at the southernmost sector, whose objective on the 1st July 1916 was to capture Montauban from the Germans. The Battalion were in support of the advance party, who were the 2nd Liverpool and 4th Manchester Pals. Given the effectiveness in this sector of the preliminary Artillery barrage before the attack, the advance party had little opposition as it crossed No Mans Land. However when the 2nd Battalion of the Yorkshire regiment advanced a German machine gun unit positioned to their left in the Railway, or Carnoy, Valley created an enfilade fire which cut to pieces the 2nd Yorkshires to the point that very few managed to get across No Mans Land. Amongst those was my Great Uncle, Sergeant Milson, who was badly wounded. He was sent to a Casualty Clearing Station behind the lines, at Corbie, where he died from his wounds on 4th July. He is buried at Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension.
Capt. Edward Thomas John Milton
British Army 13th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Newcastle-on-Tyne
(d.25th Sept 1915)
Captain Edward Milton was my grandfather who was killed at the Battle of Loos 1915 age 28.
Pte. Edwin Milton MM.
British Army Hertfordshire Regiment
from:Berkhampstead
Pte. John Milton
British Army 126th Brigade Ammunition Col. Royal Field Artillery
(d.5th Oct 1917)
John Militon is buried in Dunhallow ADS Cemetery in Belgium.
Pte. Joseph John Milton
British Army 6th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry
from:Bridgwater, Somerset
(d.16th Sept 1916)
Joseph John Pope Milton born on 23 October 1876. He was my great grandfather. The streets the family lived in in Bridgwater were not the most salubrious and the living was poor, so this may have been why in 1894 Joseph enlisted in the Somerset Light Infantry. Joseph never left England, although other battalions of the SLI fought in South Africa. In October 1901 he was discharged from the army at Devonport as medically unfit to serve, perhaps thatĆ¢ā‚¬ā„¢s why he never went abroad. In March 1902 he married Jane Watling, a widow with one son and between then and 1915 when he went to war they had 9 children, the oldest son was my grandfather. During the latter part of this period at least Joseph worked for Sully & Co in Bridgwater.
Joseph rejoined the SLI (6th Battalion) and went to France in March 1915 at the age of 39 and went directly to Ypres then Loos and then Delville Wood and, finally, for Joseph, Flers Courcelette. On 16th of September 1916 the day after tanks were first used, they were to take Gird Trench but the barrage had very little effect and through misinformation the SLI suffered appalling casualties, mown down by German machine guns. One of the men hit was Joseph. Joseph appears to have been taken to a clearing station where he died and was buried but later reburied at Les Beoufs.
On 16th of September 2006 we were at his graveside and we will be there again, God willing, in 2016.
Sgt. William Robert Milton
British Army 13th Btn. Royal Fusiliers
from:Tottenham, London
(d.24th Oct 1918)
4633 Sgt. William Robert Milton served with the 13th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers during WW1 and was killed in action on the 24th October 1918, aged 31. He is commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial in France, son of Robert and Mary Milton, of 34 Devon Rd., Tottenham, London.
Cpl. James Milward
British Army B Bty. 240th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:16 Aberdeen St, St Phillips Marsh, Bristol
(d.5th Jan 1919)
My Great Grandfather, James Milward, served with B Battery, 240th Brigade Royal Field Artillery. He died from disease, likely Spanish Influenza, on Sunday 5th Jan 1919 aged 36, and is buried in the Montecchio Precalcino Communal Cemetery Extension, Italy. He is remembered as the son of Jane and William Milward of Ashbourne, Derbyshire, but was married to Mrs L A Milward, 16 Aberdeen Street, St Phillips Marsh, Bristol. The inscription on his gravestone reads "Though lost to sight, In memory ever dear RIP"
Cpl. Charles Spencer Minch
British Army 13th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:54 Skeffington Road, East Ham, Essex
(d.13th July 1916)
Cpl Henry Garnet Bedford Miner VC
Canadian Expeditionary Force 58th Battalion
from:Canada
(d. 8 August 1918)
Cpl. Henry Garnet Bedford "Harry" Miner VC.
Canadian Expeditionary Forces 58th Btn. Central Ontario Regiment
from:Canada
(d.8th Aug 1918)
Henry Miner served with the Canadian Infantry 58th Battalion (Central Ontario Regiment) and was killed in action on 8th August 1918, aged 28. He is buried in the Crouy British Cemetery in France. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre (France). He was the son of John and Sarah Orpha Miner.
An extract taken from the London Gazette dated 25th Oct., 1918, records the following : "For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty in attack, when despite severe wounds he refused to withdraw. He rushed an enemy machine-gun post single-handed, killed the entire crew and turned the gun on the enemy. Later, with two others, he attacked another enemy machine-gun post, and succeeded in putting the gun out of action. Cpl. Miner then rushed single-handed an enemy bombing post, bayoneting two of the garrison and putting the remainder to flight. He was mortally wounded in the performance of this gallant deed."
Sgt Jack Conway Miners
British Army 2nd Btn Worcester Regiment
from:London
Jack Miners was the son of Clara Arnold through her second marriage to Harold Beverley Miners. The couple married in Kidderminster (Clara's home town) in 1886 but moved to London shortly afterwards. Jack was born in Pancras, London circa 1890 and was educated at Wellington House School. In 1911 he was a general merchant.
He enlisted in 10th Btn Royal Fusiliers (Stockbrokers Battalion) in 1914 and went to France with the unit in 1915. In March 1916 he was commissioned into the Worcestershire Regiment and served the rest of the war in that regiment's 2nd Battalion.
Stok1. William Frederick Miners
Royal Navy HMS Cassandra
Bill Miners was my grandfather and was a survivor of HMS Cassandra when she was sunk by a mine in the Baltic 5th December 1918 with the loss of 11 lives. HMS Cassandra was in operations against the Bolsheviks.
Pte. Joseph Mingham
British Army Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
from:Walker Street, Rhodes, Middleton, Manchester.
I am trying to find info on my granddad, Joe Mingham. He served with the Kings Own and the Machine Gun Corps and was on the Somme at some point and was injured by flying shrapnel in his kidney area. I believe he was also temporarily in action with the Staffords. I always remember him saying one of their officers sent two men to a nearby farm house to shoot some local French woman who was signalling to 'jerry'. I also seem to remember him saying he was in Burma. My granddad died in 1977 in Morecambe, it seems his wounds finally caught up with him.
Pte. Joseph Mingham
British Army Machine Gun Corps
from:Walker St.Rhodes, Middleton, Manchester
My grandad, Joseph Mingham started the war in the Kings Own Lancashire Regiment. Later he transferred to the Manchester Regt which I believe was, or was going to be, converted totally to operate as a machine gun unit. He told me he spent some time attached to the 'Staffords'. I'm sure he also mentioned time served in Burma?
He didn't talk a great deal about his time in the war. A few things I do remember though were that rats were always present and they helped provide 'fresh' rations! The blokes tied string around their trousers at the ankles and thighs to prevent the rats having access to their private parts. They would cover their legs with a tin of dubbin on each leg to help prevent rot/trench foot. You had to be extremely careful if you were going to enter German trenches and shelters. He said that 'jerry' was very good at 'booby-trapping' and at engineering. Their bunkers were much more comfortable and deeper than ours and often had pianos down there. In the photo my grandad is seated at the front. He was the No1 on the Vickers in 'The Suicide Club'.
Pte. Ernest Leonard Mingo
British Army Rifle Brigade
from:Battersea, Surrey
(d.18th Oct 1916)
Pte. Thomas Minks
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Rowlands Gill
(d.17th Dec 1914)
Thomas Minks, of Rowlands Gill, born 5th January 1888 in Allendale Cottages, Medomsley, died 1914, aged 26. 18 (Pals) Btn Durham Light Infantry. He is buried in St Patrick's Churchyard, Winlaton. There is a plaque to Thomas in Heugh Battery Museum Memorial Garden, Hartlepool. 1889 He was the son of Elizabeth and Robert Minks.
"Dale Minks of Liverpool, Great nephew, tells his story: "My grandfather's elder brother was in the 18th DLI (Pals) battallion serving at Heugh Battery, Hartlepool in December 1914 when, one morning, several German warships arrived and began bombarding the town. Thomas was on duty at the gas works and was fatally wounded along with 5 other soldiers and up to a hundred men women and children. It was the first assault on British soil by a foreign power since the Norman Conquest and the 6 soldiers who died were the first to die "in action" on the British mainland." http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/your-world-war-one-heroes-7502951
Sgt. Minnis
British Army Royal Engineers
Pte. Thomas Minnis
British Army 25th Btn. Machine Gun Corps
from:Port Sunlight, Birkenhead
(d.27th Apr 1918)
Pte. David Cassells Minnoch
British Army 11th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
My Grandfather, David Cassells Minnoch served in the 11th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters and was wounded in action, being evacuated back to the United Kingdom.
Capt. Allan Noel Minns MC, DSO, MID.
British Army 39th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Thetford
Allan Minns was born in Thetford in 1891 and brought up in the town. In 1904, his father, Allan Glaisyer Minns (who had been born in the Bahamas), became mayor there, the first black and minority ethnic person to become mayor of any town in England. His mother was Emily Pearson (his father's first wife who was born in Northallerton). Allan junior went to Thetford Grammar School, winning a Junior Science Scholarship. His father and his uncle had both been doctors in Thetford, and after training at Guys Hospital, Allan also became a doctor.
He was commissioned in September 1914 and served for six years in the Royal Army Medical Corps. He rose to the rank of captain in March 1918. He won the Military Cross for his bravery at Gallipoli on 30th of August 1915 at Sulva Bay. He also received the DSO in December 1916 and was twice mentioned in despatches.
He survived the war and died in a road accident in 1921.
Pte. Patrick Minogue
British Army 4th Btn. Royal Irish Regiment
(d.11th March 1915)
Private Minogue is buried in the north-east corner of the Colmcille's Graveyard, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland.
Pte. Edward Burden Minter
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Fusiliers
from:Hemel Hempstead
(d.17th Feb 1917)
Pte James Minter
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:3, Collingwood Terrace, Blyth, Northumberland
(d.13th Jul 1917)
Minter, James. Private, 19/117, Died of wounds on 13th July 1917. Aged 27 years.
Buried in Tincourt New British Cemetery, in grave I. B. 6.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Minter, of 3, Collingwood Terrace, Blyth, Northumberland.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
Pte. John Mintern
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers
from:Cork
(d.9th May 1915)
John Mintern was the son of Stephen and Ellen (McCarthy, Kinsale) Mintern. He was the third child of a family of six. First Mary Ellen who passed away at a few months of age. Nora who wed Andrew Dineen and was buried in 1919. Then John who was killed in action at Rue De Bois and is listed on the Le Tourey Memorial. Then Patrick. Then Stephen then Anthony. Leo (1908) my Father.
There appears to be no photo of John. But have been told there was one of him in his uniform of The Royal Munster Fusiliers. RIP and all your comrades alike.
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