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According to Ron Mills, a relative, whom he thought may have been Jesse Mills, was prepared
to pay the costs of sending William George Mills to Winchester College. George's mother Eva
Annie insisted that he go straight into the Army instead. He did so as a bugler. Was this the reason behind a possible rift between the Mills and Williams families?. It is clear that William George was prevented from knowing anything about his relatives apart from some very sketchy details. The East Grinstead Incident. 9th July 1943 At the time he was the Military Assistance Officer at Great House Court, Fairfield Road, East Grinstead. Captain W.G. Mills was at a cinema in East Grinstead watching a film. An air raid started and the cinema took a direct hit. He organised the orderly evacuation of the cinema and was mentioned in despatches. |
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The copy of his birth certificate is dated 18th October 1901 and stamped "Royal Commission Patriotic Fund". This is just five months after the death of Thomas William. The assumption is that Eva Annie may have had a grant to pay for the burial of her husband. Ron & I visited the offices of the Patriotic Fund in London during May 2003. They don't have any records of grants to individuals. |
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His ashes were scattered :- North Border 13/14 posts, South of Chestnut |