BORN HULL 1886. ELDEST SON OF JOSEPH MILBANK (1854-1926) & JULIA AGATHA MANNING (1861-1941), OF 22, BARMSTON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 77, SEVERN STREET, HULL (HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS, 13/11/1917). HE WAS KNOWN AS ‘JACK’. WORKED AS A BRICKLAYER.
HE JOINED THE EAST RIDING TERRIRORIAL FORTRESS ENGINEERS, ON 30/06/1908.
HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBED HIM AS, 5 FOOT, 4 INCHES TALL, 33.5 INCH CHEST, GOOD VISION AND GOOD PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 25/06/1908. FORMERLY, SAPPER, 164613, EAST RIDING ROYAL ENGINEERS AND EMPLOYED AS A BRICKLAYER.
HE MARRIED, AMY SAUL MABLESON (1889-1948), AT SCULCOATES, ON 01/04/1913. THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN AND LIVED WITH HIS PARENTS AT 22, BARMSTON STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL WHEN WAR BEGAN. SERVED WITH THE 11TH LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT, A PIONEER BATTALION. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/10/1917, AGED 31. HE IS BURIED AT YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY, BELGIUM.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, AMY. HE ALSO LEFT PARENTS, BROTHERS & A SISTER.
