Died 17th October 1918
Age 28
Youngest of four soldier sons of Horace & Emma of 64 Chalkwell Rd. Died at Colchester hospital. Served at Gallipoli Egypt and Palestine where he took part in the fighting for Jerusalem. On the day he was buried, the flag on the town hall was lowered to half mast as a mark of respect to the memory of a gallant young Miltonian.
Buried in Milton Cemetery (Holy Trinity Church)
Died 3rd May 1917
Age 20
Son of John & Annie of 37 Harold rd
Remembered on the Arras Memorial
Died 27th december 1917
Age 21
Ernest was wounded on 20th of November during General Bying's "great push" at Cambrai Ernest recieved Machine Gun wounds to his legs and lay out in open ground for several hours before he could be brought in and treated.. He was moved to the military hospital at Etaples but doctors were unable to amputate his leg as he had already lost too much blood .. On December 25th he went into a coma and never recovered, he died at 04:30 on the morning of the 27th. Before the war Ernest worked as a Clerk for the Sittingbourne Co operative Society.
Son of George and Elizabeth of 18 West lane
Buried at Etaples Military Cemetery
Died 30th November 1917
Cambrai Memorial
Died 1st July 1916
Age 21
Son of Charles and Alice of 6 Albion place Green Street Charlie was one on the 20,000 who died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, On the 1st of July with the 7th Bedfordshire's the 11th Battalion stormed the southern face of the Mametz spur, this led to grim hand to hand fighting at Maple Trench. The 11th Battalion suffered 227 casualties Charlie was one of them.
Remembered on the Thiepval Memorial
Died 12th Februrary 1920
Buried in Milton Churchyard
Died 21st June 1917
Remembered Menin Gate Ypres
Died
Age 40
Albert was an Instructor at Crowborough Camp, He was training a private in the throwing of bombs when there was a sudden explosion . The private survived with the loss of his hand . Albert lost his life and his 5 children a father. He is buried at Sittingbourne Cemetery. Before the War Albert worked for Smeed Dean.
Died 9th August 1915
Remembered Menin Gate Ypres
Died 28th Septemebr 1918
Age 28
Husband of Edith 8 Cross St
Buried Thilloy Road Cemetery Beulencourt France
Died 27th October 1918
Age 29
Son of William of 55 Chalkwell Rd
Buried at Cross Roads Cemetery Nord France
Died 13th October 1918
Age 22
Son of Walter James Hunt of 9 Belmont Rd
Buried at Vadencourt British Cemetery Massemy France
Died 12th August 1917
Lived at 19 Hythe Rd
