ROBERT MILLS

Born: 1885, Ipswich.

Died: 4th September 1918; age 33; Died of Wounds.

Employed: Messrs. Tibbenham’s.

Enlistment Location: Ipswich.

Rank: Private; Service Number: 248041

Regiment: Manchester Regiment, 1st/6th Battalion.

Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.

Grave Reference:

VIII.F.9A.

Mont Huon Military Cemetery,

Le Treport,

Seine-Marine,

France.

Relatives Notified & Address: Son-in-Law of Alice Page.

CENSUS

1901   22, Rope Walk, Ipswich.

Robert was 16 years old, a Wood Cutter. He was living with his mother, brother & niece.

Charlotte Mills, 42, a Charwomen, born Woodbridge, Suffolk.

Alfred Mills, 19, a Mantle Workers Porter, born Woodbridge.

Alice May Mills, 3, born Ipswich.

1911   29, Mount Street, Ipswich.

Robert was 26 years old, a Quay Labourer. He was married & living at his mother-in-law’s home.

Alice M. Clarke, 40, a widow, born Elmsett, Suffolk.

Lottie, 18.

Alice, 1 month.

In 1910, Ipswich, Robert married Lottie F. Clarke, born 1893, Hintlesham, Suffolk. They had 2 children:

Dorothy Alice Mills, born 1911, Ipswich.

Gladys Ethel Mills, born 1913, born Ipswich.

Robert’s mother, Charlotte Mills, died 1905, Ipswich.

Robert’s wife, Lottie F. Mills died, 1917, Ipswich.

Manchester Regiment, 1st/6th Battalion.