Six: Sergeant W. I. F. Mills, 1st (The King’s) Dragoon Guards

1914 Star (5853 Sjt. W. I. F. Mills. 1/D. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (1DG-5853 Sjt. W. I. F. Mills. 1-D. Gds.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (D-19533 Sjt. W. I. F. Mills. 1-K.D. Gds.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (390443 Sjt. W. I. F. Mills. K.D.G.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver (Lc. Col. W. Mills. K.D. Gds.) regimentally impressed naming; mounted for display purposes together with the recipient’s Army Rifle Association Medal, bronze, the reverse engraved ,Sgt. W. Mills, 1st. K.D.G. Henry Whitehead Cup Winners 1922’, very fine and better (7) £340-£400

William Isaac Fleming Mills was born in Middlesex in 1890 and attested for the 1st Dragoon Guards at Aldershot on 24 March 1904, aged 14, as a Musician. He served with the Regiment pre-War in India, and was awarded the Delhi Durbar Medal through the massed bands allotment, and then with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 November 1914. He saw further service in post-War Iraq, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in October 1922. He was discharged to pension on 28 March 1925, and died in Rochford, Essex, on 16 November 1966.

Sold with copied research, including a group photographic image featuring the recipient.