Basic Details
Surname
Mills
Forenames
John William
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
25161
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 9 Sargeant Street.

(CWGC records that Corporal John William Mills, regimental number 25161, died on 4/4/1918 serving in 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is buried in Crouy Communal Cemetery in France. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that John William Mills died of heart failure in the field in France on 4/4/1918, and that his widow Gertrude was his legatee. On the 1911 census he had been recorded as being aged 24, living with his parents John and Emma Mills at 9 Sargeant Street, Peterborough; his place of birth was given as Thorney, Cambs).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
2nd
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Cpl
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Crouy-sur-Somme
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1918
Month of death
April
Day of death
4
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
9 SERGEANT STREET
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial