Westminster Rifles) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._
of the late William Mignall, of East Grinstead, by his wife, Mary
Ann (now wife of William Prodger, of 53, Brook Hill Road, Woolwich),
dau. of Charles Newman, of Findon, near Worthing, Sussex; _b._
East Grinstead, co. Sussex, 3 Aug. 1890; educ. East Grinstead
Council Schools, and entered the employ of Messrs. Pugh & Co., of
16, Buckingham Palace Road, as a Clerk in 1906; joined the Queen’s
Westminster Rifles in 1908, became L.-Corpl., 1910; and, passing the
examination, was promoted to Corp., 1911. On the outbreak of war,
he volunteered for foreign service, was promoted Sergt.; went with
his regt. to the Front, and was killed in action, in the trenches at
Houplines, France, 7 Feb. 1915; _unm._ Letters from his Commanding
Officer and others speak highly of his capabilities and great courage.
Sergt. Mighall took part in the pageant held by the regt. at Chelsea in
1913, and he also held the Trollope Cup.
[Illustration: =Cecil C. N. Mighall.=]
=MILES, DAVID=, Private, No. 1126, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex
Regt., eldest _s._ of David Miles, of Malt House, Llanblethian,
Cowbridge, Quarry Labourer, by his wife, Angelina, dau. of Thomas Bond;
_b._ Cadoxton Barry, co. Glamorgan, 15 Dec. 1897; educ. Denas
Powis National School; enlisted, 4 Sept. 1914; went to France, 11 Jan.,
and was killed in action at Richebourg St. Vaast, 9 May, 1915. He was
a great favourite in the regt. and his officers described him as a
fearless and efficient soldier; _unm._
[Illustration: =David Miles.=]
=MILEY, JOHN=, Stoker, R.N.R., 804U, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action
in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MILLAR, ARTHUR JAMES=, Capt., 3rd, attd. 1st Battn. Royal Irish
Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of James Millar, of 87, Eglantine Avenue,
Belfast, F.C.I.S., by his wife, Jane Isabella, dau. of William Hardie,
of Edinburgh; _b._ Belfast, 10 Sept. 1890; educ. Methodist College
and Queen’s University there, where he attended the medical course, and
served for over three years in the O.T.C., from which he joined the
Special Reserve of Officers, and was attd. as 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd
Battn. Royal Irish Fusiliers, 25 May, 1912; promoted Lieut. 21 Nov.
1914, and Capt. 10 April, 1915; joined his regt. on the outbreak of war
in Aug. 1914; went to France with a draft in Sept.; was in the trenches
during the winter, 1914–15, and was killed in action near St. Julien,
25 April, 1915; _unm._ An officer wrote: “He met his soldier’s
death gallantly leading his platoon forward against very heavy rifle
and machine-gun fire--the way he led his platoon was splendid. Almost
the last act under this fire was to crawl over and bandage a man of his
platoon who had been wounded, and was certainly one of the most gallant
things I have ever seen done. It was almost immediately after this that
he was so very unfortunately killed. His name was sent forward prior to
the 25th for his excellent work during the whole time he was out here,
and has now been sent forward for his most gallant conduct on the 25th,
and I only hope he will get the reward he so thoroughly deserves. He
is buried with his men where he fell on the field between the villages
of Fortuin and St. Julien, north-east of Ypres. His name will ever be
remembered in the regt. and its glorious annals.”
[Illustration: =Arthur James Millar.=]
=MILLAR, JOHN JAMES=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 25646 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MILLAR, JOHN TROTTER=, Private, No. G 5023, 2nd Battn. Middlesex
Regt., yr. _s._ of William Millar, of 107, Trinity Road,
Edinburgh, formerly of St. Margaret’s, Musselburgh, and of 7, Gladstone
Place, Stirling, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of John Trotter, of
Stirling, Merchant; _b._ Stirling, 14 May, 1878; educ. Stirling
High School; was a Head Cashier; enlisted, Sept. 1914; went to France,
4 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, between 10 and
14 March, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Trotter Millar.=]
=MILLER, ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 2564, 3rd Battn. Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt.), _s._ of Margaret (32, Victoria Street, Dunbar),
dau. of Peter Miller; _b._ Dunbar, 24 Dec. 1892; educ. Dunbar
Burgh School; enlisted 13 July, 1914; went to France and was killed
in the trenches in France on 21 Feb. 1915. He was an outworker before
enlisting.
[Illustration: =Alexander Miller.=]
=MILLER, ARTHUR WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, 289617, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MILLER, EDWARD=, Probationary 2nd Cook’s Mate, M. 7799, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MILLER, ERNEST CHARLES WILLIAM=, Private, No. 8959, 1st Battn.
Coldstream Guards, _s._ of William Henry Miller, of Framfield,
Carter, by his wife, Sarah Jane (Wilmington, Polegate, Sussex), dau.
of Joseph Wood; _b._ Framfield, co. Sussex, 6 Dec. 1893; educ.
Wilmington, Sussex; enlisted, 10 Jan. 1911, and was reported missing
after the fighting at Ypres, 2 Nov. 1914, and is now assumed to have
been killed on that date.
=MILLER, ERNEST CYRIL=, Capt., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st Battn.
Loyal North Lancashire Regt., 3rd _s._ of the late William
Pitt Miller, of Merlewood, Grange-over-Sands, Lancashire, and of
Thistleton, Kirkham, Lancashire, by his wife, Emilie Mary (Merlewood,
Grange-over-Sands); _b._ Grange-over-Sands afsd., 13 June, 1878;
educ. Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd
Royal Lancashire Militia (now the 3rd Special Reserve Battn. Loyal
North Lancashires), 1902; promoted Lieut. July, 1905, and Capt. 2
June, 1906. On the abolition of the Militia, he was transferred to
the Special Reserve of Officers. He was called up to his Regt. on the
outbreak of war, and was attd. to the 1st Battn.; went to France, 20
Sept. 1914, and was killed in action near Pilken, in Flanders, during
the First Battle of Ypres, 23 Oct. 1914. He was buried near a farm
between Pilken and Bixschoote. Capt. Miller _m._ at Copdock,
Suffolk, 5 Nov. 1913, Dulcie Katharine, yst. dau. of Arthur Montague
Bernard, of Copdock, Ipswich; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Ernest Cyril Miller.=]
=MILLER, GODFREY LYALL=, 2nd Lieut., Royal Engineers, elder
_s._ of Sir John Ontario Miller, of Rowley Lodge, Arkley, Herts,
K.C.S.I., late Indian Civil Service, by his wife, Mary Evelina, dau.
of the late Sir Alfred Lyall; _b._ Cawnpore, India, 14 Feb. 1893;
educ. Warden House School, Deal, Rugby, and Woolwich, where he gained
the King’s Gold Medal; was gazetted 2nd Lieut., R.E., 20 Dec. 1912;
visited Germany twice during leave to study the language; was appointed
on mobilisation to the 11th Field Coy. R.E. attd. to the 2nd Division,
with which he left for France on 15 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action
while in charge of a bridge over a canal at Pont Arcy, 14 Sept. 1914,
during the crossing of the Aisne; _unm._ Buried where he fell.
=MILLER, HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4694), 230012,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=MILLER, INGLIS FRANCIS ROWLEY=, Lieut., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 2nd,
Battn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 2nd and only surviving _s._
of the late Major Rowley Alexander Rowley Miller, of Millbank, Omagh,
co. Tyrone, by his wife, Ella Frances, dau. of the late Rev. Thomas
Mason of All Saints’, Blackrock, Dublin; _b._ Millbank, 19 Jan.
1893; educ. Berkhamsted; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Battn. (Royal
Tyrone Militia) Inniskilling Fusiliers, 1910, and promoted Lieut. 26
July, 1912; went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914,
attd. to the 2nd Battn, and was wounded in the shoulder and leg in
the first battle--at Cambray--26 Aug. during the retreat from Mons,
and was taken prisoner. A week later his father received a card from
him stating that he was doing well, and was well cared for. Tetanus,
however, supervened, and he died at Venelon Hospital, France, 14
Sept. 1914; _unm._ It was not till the end of Jan. 1915, that
notice of his death was received through the American Ambassador. He
was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 8 Oct.
[London Gazette, 19 Oct.] 1914, for gallant and distinguished conduct
in the field. He was gazetted to the 2nd Inniskilling Fusiliers, 19
Nov. 1914.
[Illustration: =Inglis F. R. Miller.=]
=MILLER, JOHN=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 793), 7086,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MILLER, LIONEL=, A.B., 172493, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MILLER, RICHARD LESLIE=, Private, No. 15245, A Coy. 2nd Battn.
Suffolk Regt., _s._ of the late Horace Edward Miller, of Royton,
co. Suffolk, and Zions Hill, Fincastle, Virginia, U.S.A., by his wife,
Alice (now the wife of Harry Ernest Ling, of Little Cornard, Sudbury,
Suffolk), dau. of Edward May, of Capel St. Andrew, Suffolk; _b._
Virginia, U.S.A., 8 Sept. 1882; educ. Haverstock Hill, London; was a
Gardener; enlisted in Sept. 1914; went to France, 23 Feb. 1915, and was
killed in action there, 26 July following; _unm._ He was buried
at Spoilbank, between Lankhop Chateau and Chester Farm. His Commanding
Officer spoke very highly of him in writing to his mother, and said
that he died a heroic death.
=MILLER, THOMAS JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 686, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MILLER, WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4590), S.S.
103698, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MILLETT, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 2176, 5th Battn. King’s Own
Yorkshire L.I. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of Alfred Miller, of Newgate,
Pontefract, Miner; _b._ Newgate, 25 July, 1895; educ. St. Joseph’s
Catholic School, Pontefract; was a Colliery Driver; enlisted 26 July,
1914; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went
to France, 13 March, and was mortally wounded 18 June, 1915, while
assisting to repair a barbed-wire fence in front of our first-line
trenches at Bois Grenier, and died the same day. Buried there;
_unm._ His coy. officer wrote: “He was one of the nicest and
cheeriest lads in the platoon, and I feel I have lost one of the best
and bravest. I can assure you that all the lads of his platoon feel his
loss deeply, as he was one of the most popular amongst them.... The
time he was shot he was with a working party at night, in front of the
parapet, repairing barbed wire, when several shots came across rapidly.
Arthur lost consciousness almost at once, and when the end came he
had not regained it, so that he practically suffered no pain.” Of his
two brothers, the eldest, Sergt. Alfred Millett, R.E., was wounded in
France, and the younger, William, is (1916) a Corpl. in the King’s Own
Yorkshire L.I.
[Illustration: =Arthur Millett.=]
=MILLETT, FREDERICK=, Stoker, R.N.R., T. 3025, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=MILLINGTON, GEORGE ERNEST=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1710), 190050,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=MILLINGTON, HERBERT HUGH=, Rifleman, No. 1881, 18th Battn.
(London Irish Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of the
late Rev. William Millington, Rector of Cottingham, Northamptonshire,
by his wife, Margaret (St. Margaret’s, Westcott, near Dorking, Surrey),
dau. of George Smith, Manufacturer; _b._ Wandsworth Common, 14
May, 1873; educ. Merchant Taylors’ School, and Tucson Mining College,
Arizona, U.S.A., and was a mining engineer and surveyor in America.
Being in England on a holiday when war broke out, he joined the London
Irish Rifles the next day; went to France in March, 1915, was wounded
at Givenchy on 16 May, during the Second Battle of Ypres, and died on
17 May, 1915, of wounds; _unm._ Buried in the cemetery at Aire. A
stained-glass window was erected to his memory in Cottingham Church.
[Illustration: =Herbert H. Millington.=]
=MILLS, ARCHIBALD HARDING=, S.S.A., M. 6886 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=MILLS, CHARLES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 10422, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MILLS, CHARLES DANIEL=, Boy Servant, L. 5452, H.M.S. Cressy,
eldest _s._ of Henry Albert Mills, of 39, Boleyn Road, East Ham,
Packing Case Maker, by his wife, Elizabeth Jane, dau. of Daniel Hills
Hobbs, Carpenter and Joiner; _b._ Stratford New Town, co. Essex,
8 Dec. 1897; educ. Plashet Lane Council School, East Ham; joined the
Navy, 16 June, 1914, and was lost when H.M.S. Cressy was torpedoed in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._
=MILLS, EDWARD GEORGE=, Private, No. 10465, 2nd Battn. Royal
Sussex Regt., eldest _s._ of Percy Mills, of The Kennels,
Findon, co. Sussex, by his wife, Eliza, dau. of James Kent; _b._
Littlehampton, 3 Oct. 1895; educ. there; was an Under Cowman; enlisted
after the outbreak of war, 28 Aug. 1914; trained at Dover; went to
France, 24 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos,
25 Sept. 1915; _unm._
=MILLS, EWDIN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3937), 197120, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MILLS, GEORGE HARVEY=, Private, No. 23128, 13th (Service)
Battn. The Royal Scots, only surviving _s._ of George Mills, of
Edinburgh, Draper, by his wife, Bertha Agnes, dau. of David Smith;
_b._ Edinburgh, 22 March, 1894; educ. Musselburgh Grammar School,
and Daniel Stewart’s College, Edinburgh; was Cashier with Messrs.
Maxton, Graham & Syme, Chartered Accountants, Edinburgh; joined the
Royal Scots, 1 June, 1915; went to France, 2 Oct. 1915, and was killed
in action near Vermelles, 19 Nov. following, by the bursting of a
shell, which entered the dug-out where he was; _unm._ Buried at Le
Haie, east of Vermelles.
[Illustration: =George Harvey Mills.=]
=MILLS, JESSE=, Sergt., No. 7159, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
_s._ of Jesse Matthew Mills, of 45, Chapel Street, Bognor, by his
wife, Janet, dau. of Henry Horner, of Bognor; _b._ Bognor, Sussex,
4 Feb. 1888; educ. Council School there; enlisted at Chichester, 4
March, 1907; served four years in England and three in Egypt; and then,
in Jan. 1914, joined the Police Force at Ventnor, Isle of Wight. He
was recalled to the Colours, 4 Aug. following; left for France on the
29th; was wounded in action at Ypres on 21 Oct., and died in the Mater
Hospital at Dublin, 16 Nov. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Jesse Mills.=]
=MILLS, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9433), S.S. 106665,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=MILLS, JOSEPH=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4920), S.S. 1772, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MILLS, JOSEPH HENRY=, Private, 15/978, North Auckland Regt., New
Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Joseph Mills, of Westport,
Gold Miner; _b._ Charleston, New Zealand, 9 July, 1889; educ.
Public School there; was a Carter in Auckland; on the outbreak of
war joined the Expeditionary Force, 5 Sept. 1914, left for Egypt
with the second contingent; took part in the repulse of the Turkish
attack on the Suez Canal, and died of wounds received in action at the
Dardanelles, 9 May, 1915; _unm._
=MILLS, MARK=, Private, No. B. 1549, Ch. 9860, R.M.L.I., _s._
of Mark Mills, of Holloway, London, by his wife, Caroline, dau. of
(----) Williamson; _b._ London, 11 Sept. 1879; educ. there; joined
the Navy, 18 Aug. 1897, and was lost on H.M.S. Cressy, when that ship
was sunk in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at St. Paul’s
Church, Upper Holloway, 27 Feb. 1910, Florence Caroline (53A, Ormiston
Road, Shepherd’s Bush, W.), dau. of Albert Aldridge, and had three
children: Mark, _b._ 5 Sept. 1911; Cecil, _b._ 25 July, 1913;
and Margery, _b._ 26 July, 1910.
=MILLS, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2795), 186948, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MILLWARD, HENRY WOODVINE=, Deckhand, No. 365 D.A., Trawler
Section, R.N.R.; lost when the mine-sweeping trawler No. 61 (Thomas W.
Irvine, of North Shields) was sunk by a mine, Aug. 1914.
=MILNE, FRANCIS JAMES=, Private, No. 1555, 1st Battn. Honourable
Artillery Coy., elder _s._ of James Milne, of 14, Park Houses,
Willesden Green, N.W., by his wife, Harriette Eugenie, dau. of William
Southwood, of Exeter, and grandson of John Milne, formerly of New
Merdrum, Rhynie, co. Aberdeen; _b._ Willesden Green, afsd. 20 Dec.
1891; educ. The Haberdashers’ School, West Hampstead; was a Commercial
Traveller; on the outbreak of war joined the H.A.C., with his brother,
Hugh, and volunteered for foreign service; went to France, 18 Sept.
1914, and was killed in action at Rouge Croix, 14 Nov. 1914, during the
Battle for Calais; _unm._ Buried with full military honours in a
farm garden, Les Lobes, La Conture, Pas-de-Calais. He was the first
man in the H.A.C. to fall. Two days before he was killed he wrote:
“Hugh and I are in the best of health. Don’t worry if you do not hear
regularly from us. The post is very uncertain. We are quite safe and
glad to be out here doing our duty.” Lieut.-Col. Treffery wrote: “He
died as many others have done during the past few months, doing his
duty and putting in the best he could for his country”; and Capt. A. L.
Ward: “I think perhaps it may lessen your grief to know how well he has
done his duty during the trying and difficult times we have had for the
past three weeks, and as his captain, I can assure you of my sorrow at
losing such an excellent soldier.” While at school he passed the junior
Cambridge examination, and won V form prize. He gained many prizes and
certificates for shooting and swimming, including life-saving, and
was enrolled as first-class shot in National Roll of Marksmen; was a
member of the Cadet Corps; Capt. of the Rifle Club, and best shot in
the school. At Bisley in 1908 he won the 1st Prize, Silver Cigarette
Case, in Marydown Competition; 2nd prize, Silver Watch, Cheylesmore Cup
Competition; the Patriotic Society’s Badge and the Bisley medal.
[Illustration: =Francis James Milne.=]
=MILNE, JAMES=, Private, No. 1364, 15th Battn. Australian Imperial
Force, elder _s._ of James Milne, of East Grange, Kinloss, by
Forres, a Platelayer on the Highland Railway, by his wife, Jane Milne,
dau. of John Bower, Road Contractor, Dufftown; _b._ Rothes, 23
March, 1893; educ. Inchberry and Alves Public Schools, afterwards being
employed on the Highland Railway at Inverness; went to Australia in
1911, and was engaged in gold mining at Cobar; volunteered after the
outbreak of war and joined the Australian Imperial Force in Feb. 1915;
went to the Dardanelles, and died of wounds received in action there,
13 Oct. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =James Milne.=]
=MILNE, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 9383, 1st Battn. The Royal
Scots, _s._ of William Milne, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of James
McFarlane; _b._ Edinburgh, 1889; educ. St. Leonard Street Public
School, Edinburgh; enlisted in 1900; went to France, 6th March, 1915,
and died 23 April, 1915, of wounds received in the 2nd Battle of Ypres.
He _m._ at Dundee, 1 Oct. 1905, Williamine (40, Watson’s Lane,
Dundee), dau. of James Donnelly, of that city, and had a son, James,
_b._ 17 Nov. 1910.
=MILNER, JOHN LEWIS=, M.A., 2nd Lieut., Royal Field Artillery,
eldest _s._ of John William Milner, of 31 Penkett Road, Liscard,
Wallasey, Merchant, by his wife, Annie, dau. of Henry Lewis; _b._
Liverpool, 26 Feb. 1892; educ. St. Bee’s School, Cumberland, and
graduated B.A. in 1911, and M.A. in 1913. He was a brilliant scholar,
and held Sir Edward Grey’s nomination for a position under the Foreign
Office, and had spent some time abroad making a special study of modern
languages, but on the outbreak of war, applied for a commission, and
was gazetted to the reserve of officers, and went to Woolwich in Aug.
1914. He went out to the Front the first week in Jan. 1915, received a
commission in the regular Army, 15 Feb., and was killed in action near
Ypres, on Sunday, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ “He was in the trenches,”
wrote his Colonel, “observing the fire of his battery. The Germans
rushed our front trenches, and all the infantry officers at that point
were killed. In rallying the Infantry to retake the trench, he was shot
through the head. He was a very gallant officer.”
[Illustration: =John Lewis Milner.=]
=MILNES, EDMUND=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4099), S.S. 1312, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MILNES, JESSE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5824), 206965, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MINIHAN, PATRICK=, Boatman C.G., 284271, Devonport, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MINNO, JOSEPH=, Stoker, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off
Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MINTER, FREDERICK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4556), 172760, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MINTON, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., 11718, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=MITCHELL, ALBERT CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9137), 203369
(Dev.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MITCHELL, ARTHUR JAMES=, Officer’s Steward, 3rd Class, L. 3202
(Dev.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MITCHELL, AUGUSTUS JAMES=, A.B., J. 3087, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MITCHELL, BERTIE FREDERICK=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., Ch. B.
8923), 200567, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=MITCHELL, FREDERICK EUGENE HOBART=, A.B., J. 3975, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MITCHELL, GEORGE JOHN=, Carpenter’s Mate (Pensioner), 157320
(Ports.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=MITCHELL, JAMES BANNERMAN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B.
8054), S.S. 103779, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22
Sept. 1914.
=MITCHELL, JOHN MONFRIES=, Capt., 1/7th Battn. Royal Scots (T.F.),
yr. _s._ of the late Alexander Mitchell, Senior Partner in the
firm of John Mitchell & Co. Timber Merchants, Leith, by his wife, Annie
(101, Trinity Road, Edinburgh), dau. of Alexander Alexander, of Leith;
_b._ Leith, 24 Sept. 1882; educ. Royal High School Edinburgh, and
Blairlodge School, Polmont, and was a partner in his father’s firm. He
was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 7th (then the 5th Vol.) Battn. Royal
Scots, 18 Feb. 1905, and was promoted Lieut. 31 March, 1908, and Capt.
17 April, 1912. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for foreign
service, but was killed on his way to the Front in the railway disaster
at Gretna, 22 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =John Monfries Mitchell.=]
=MITCHELL, WILLIAM ALEXANDER=, Corpl., No. 8/437, 8th Southland
Coy. Otago Battn. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, yst. _s._
of David Mitchell, of Southland, New Zealand, Manager, Ocean Beach
Freezing Works there, by his wife, Ann, dau. of William Crabb, of
Laverock Hall, Carmyllie, Scotland; _b._ Invercargill, New
Zealand, 29 Sept. 1891; educ. Bluff Public School and the Southland
Boys’ High School; was on the staff of the mercantile firm of J. G.
Ward & Co., but on the outbreak of war immediately volunteered and
joined the 8th Southland Coy. 12 Aug. 1914. He was wounded in the
fighting at the Dardanelles, 2 May, 1915, and died at Alexandria, 29
May following; _unm._ He was buried in the Military Cemetery
there. L.-Corpl. J. McLeary wrote: “When I was wounded on Sunday night
(May 2) I had to crawl back to the Red Cross, and on my way I met Alic
Mitchell. He said ‘I will see you up this rise,’ but he had no sooner
spoken than he was moaning on the ground, shot in the mouth and arm.
He seemed very bad, but we managed to get back without further injury,
though the bullets from Turkish rifles and machine-guns were ploughing
up the dirt all around us.” Corpl. Mitchell was a keen Territorial
and a prominent athlete. For many years he represented Southland at
Association football as half back. He was also a Rugby and tennis
player and a member of the Bluff Cricket Club.
[Illustration: =William A. Mitchell.=]
=MITTEN, THOMAS HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 15477, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.