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Joseph Milligan
Military Details
Service Number: 18496
Regiment & Unit / Ship
7th Border Regiment
Enlisted
7 December 1914
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
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
HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE
Grave Position: I. D. 29.
Private Memorial: St Johns Church War memorial
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