BORN HULL 1882. SON OF CHARLES MILFORD (1852-1935) AND MARGARET DILLON. HE WAS ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HIS FATHER WAS FROM BATH, SOMERSET AND RETURNED THERE SOON AFTER CHARLES WAS BORN.
CHARLES MILFORD WORKED AS A MINER, IN NORTHUMBERLAND. HE MARRIED AT MORPETH, IN 1909 – WIFE JANE DANCE (1890-1943), LIVED AT 1 WINDSOR ROAD, NEWBIGGIN BY SEA, NORTHUMBERLAND. THEY HAD TWO SONS, CHARLES AND NORMAN.
HE ENLISTED AT ASHINGTON, NORTHUMBERLAND. POSTED ABROAD, ON 21/12/1915. HE SERVED IN THE 16TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/11/1916, AGED 34. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, FRANCE.
HIS BROTHER, LANCE CORPORAL, JAMES WILLIAM MILFORD, WHO WAS BORN AT BATH, SOMERSET, SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 18043, 5TH WILTSHIRE REGIMENT, AND WAS KILLED, AT GALLIPOLI, ON 28/11/1915, AGED 30
