Basic Details
Surname
Mills
Forenames
Percy Frederick
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Percy Fredk
Served or died
Died
Service number
16728
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 182 Dogsthorpe Road on the Roll of Honour, It wrongly states he died of wounds on 21/10/1917 in France.

CWGC records that Private Percy Frederick Mills, regimental number 16728, died aged 20 on 5/6/1916 serving in 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is buried in grave I.F.5 at Maroc British Cemetery at Grenay in France. They record him as the son of Fredrick and Susan Mills of 3 Garton End Road, Peterborough. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects likewise record that he was killed in action on 5/6/1916; his mother Susan was his legatee. On 14/6/1916 the Peterborough Express announced that his parents, of 182 Dogsthorpe Road in Peterborough, had been notified of his death, stating he had been killed on 5th June 1916).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
1st
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
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
Not stated
Country of burial
Not stated
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
October
Day of death
21
Manner of death as stated
"Died of wounds 21 October 1917 [sic] in France"
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
182 Dogsthorpe Rd
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial