Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
Frank Mills
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: 4196
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Black Watch
- Unit/Ship: 4th Battalion
- Place of Death:
- Age at Death:
- Date of Death: 04/09/1916
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Couin British Cemetery
- Grave/Mem Ref no: IV. A. 9.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 7 Cochrane Street, Dundee
- Occupation:
- Mother:
- Father:
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
- Children:
Barbara & 4 other children (names unknown)
More about Frank Mills
4196 Private Frank Mills, 4/5th Black Watch, died of wounds on 4 September 1916, aged 35. Mills was a widower with a family of five. He is buried in Couin British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, IV. A. 9.
DUNDEE SOLDIER KILLED. News has come to hand of the death in action of Pte. F. Mills, of the Black Watch. Pte. Mills, who was 35 years of age, was before the war an ardent Territorial. His time expired, however, before hostilities broke out, but he re-enlisted in the Black Watch, and speedily proceeded to the front. Private Mills was a widower, and he leaves a family of five to mourn his loss. The Courier, Wednesday, 13 September 1916, 4.
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