War Medals

R.3253 JOHN MILLS, AB.,RNVR., HOOD BTN. ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION

British War Medal; Victory Medal 1914-19 (R.3253 AB, RNVR.) : (JOHN MILLS - Born 30 October 1897 at Ramsbottom, Lancashire, a cotton weaver by trade, attested for the Welsh Regiment on 11 February 1916 : Posted to 2/7th. (Cyclist) Bn. from 30 August 1916 : Discharged 15 June 1917 on joining 63rd. Royal Naval Division : Able Seaman 4th. Reserve Battalion 16 June 1917 : On 4 July 1917 transferred to Nelson Battalion BEF. : From 7 February 1918 posted to Hood Battalion, joining the Battalion the same day : DIED OF WOUNDS 16 February 1918, buried in an identified isolated grave at Scarpe Valley, SW. of Farbus, France, and commemorated on Thiepval Memorial. He was the only son of the late William Mills and Mary Mills of 84 Kenyon Street, Ramsbottom, Manchester and was just 20 years of age at the date of his death.) : Sold with verification, copy Army Service Papers, copy RNVR. Service Papers and copy CWGC. information; Medals mounted on long lengths of original silk ribbon and contained in the official card box of issue. Virtually as Minted - £295