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Joseph Milligan

Pte
Joseph Milligan

Military Details

Service Number: 18496

Regiment & Unit / Ship

7th Border Regiment

Enlisted

7 December 1914

Awards and Medals

The Victory Medal

The Victory Medal

The British War Medal, 1914-18

The British War Medal, 1914-18

Enlistment Details

Date of Enlistment

7 December 1914

Place of Enlistment

Cleator Moor

Residence at Enlistment

139. Bowthorn Road, Cleator

Rank at Enlistment

Pte

Battalion at Enlistment

7th

Service Number at Enlistment

18496

Service History

Shot in the Breast on first day of the battle of the Somme

Personal Details

Date of Birth

1892

Place of Birth

cleator Moor

Religion

C of E

Address

139. Bowthorn Road, Cleator

Residence (Census)

139. Bowthorn Road, Cleator

Residence (Roll of Honour)

139. Bowthorn Road, Cleator

Parents

father unknown Mother Hannah Milligan

Education and Occupation

Occupation

Labourer

Work Address

Whitehaven Hematite Iron & Steel Co. Ltd

Death and Memorial

Date of Death

5th July 1916

Age at Death

21

Circumstances of Death

Died of Wounds

Place of Death

Somme

Theater of Action

France

Battle

Battle of the Somme

Regiment at Death

Border Regiment

Battalion/Vessel at Death

7th

Rank at Death

Pte

Notes

A footballer with the Cleator Moor celtic

Buried or Commemorated at

Grave of Joseph Milligan

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE

Grave Position: I. D. 29.

Private Memorial: St Johns Church War memorial

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