Notes
He enrolled at Worcester College, Oxford in 1903 and the college archive records: 'Herbert Milligan was born in 1884 and matriculated in 1903. While at Worcester College he was a member of the Rugby Football XV from 1904 to 1906. He graduated BA in 1907 and subsequently worked for the civil service in Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. On the outbreak of war he joined the Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps and sailed for Egypt where he was involved in fighting on the Suez Canal. In July 1915, Herbert Milligan was given a commission in the 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers and he was wounded with them at Gallipoli. Following recovery in England he fought at the Battle of the Somme and was again wounded. Lieutenant Herbert Milligan was killed in action at Noyelles, near Cambrai, on 21 November 1917.'