R.+W.+R.+Mills

Mills, Richard William Russell

Richard Mills was born in Derby in 11th May 1893 and the 1901 census records him living with his mother, Frances E Mills and his grandmother Fanny Head, at 9 Wilson Street Derby. By 1911 he is still at Wilson Street but his aunt, Henrietta is now head of the house. He enlisted into the army on the 14th December 1914 joining the 2nd Sportsman’s Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. He gave his father, Richard Mills of 9 Wilson Street as next of kin and he is described as 6ft 0ins tall. He was sent to France on the 15th November 1915 and was wounded on the 13th November 1916. No further details of his life are known.


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