Milner, John William

BORN FRODINGHAM, 1876. FELL 50 FEET FROM BALCONY AT VICTORIA MANSION BARRACKS & IMPALED ON RAILINGS. HE WAS A SOBER MAN AND REPORTED TO LIKE THE ARMY. HE LEFT A PIECE OF PAPER IN HIS CUBICL WITH JUST HIS NAME WRITTEN ON IT. HIS WIFE SAID HE HAD NEVER TALKED OF SUICIDE AND HIS SERGEANT SAID HE WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO HAVE ACCIDENTALLY FALLEN. THE INQUEST RECORDED AN OPEN VERDICT. HE MARRIED HANNAH MARIA IN 1899. HIS DEATH IS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 8TH DECEMBER 1914. *


First name:
JOHN WILLIAM
Military Number:
19054
Rank:
Private
Date Died
05/12/1914
Place died:
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
38
5 ASH GROVE, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK