1940

Lance Corporal Mills

War dead, WW2 i

Commemorated on a memorial as having died in WW2.

Royal Engineer killed by an exploding bomb while assisting in the attempt to disarm it.

Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man: Lance Corporal Douglas Mills was born about 1920 in West Bromwich, Staffordshire. He joined the Royal Engineers, Service Number 2198703, and was attached to 5 Bomb Disposal Company. He was killed, aged 20 years, on 13 December 1940, when as part of team they were attempting to defuse a bomb that had fallen onto 590 Romford Road, Manor Park, on 5 December 1940. He is buried in Sec H Grave 6051 of the Heath Lane Cemetery, West Bromwich, Staffordshire.

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