A Collection of Medals to the Middlesex Regiment

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Three: Private J. W. Mills, Middlesex Regiment, who was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of Neuve Chapelle on 10 March 1915
1914 Star, with copy clasp (S-6746 Pte. J. W. Mills. 2/Middx: R.); British War and Victory Medals (S.6746 Pte. J. W. Mills. Midd’x R.); Memorial Plaque (John Walter Mills) patches of staining to VM, generally very fine

Three: Private J. W. Mills, Army Service Corps
1914-15 Star (SS-13409 Pte. J. W. Mills. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (SS-13409 Pte. J. W. Mills. A.S.C.) very fine (7) £200-£240

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Middlesex Regiment.

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John Walter Mills was born in West Ham, London, and attested for the Middlesex Regiment at Willesden. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 8 November 1914, and was killed in action during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle on 10 March 1915. Aged 26 years, he has no known grave and is commemorated upon Le Touret Memorial, France.
Sold with a postcard photograph of Private J. W. Mills, Middlesex Regiment, together with 2 contemporary cap badges.

John Ward Mills, the father of the above, served with the Army Service Corps during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 July 1915. He was discharged on 27 April 1916 at the age of 46 years and was subsequently issued a Silver War Badge due to sickness.