BORN EASTNEY BARRACKS, PORTSMOUTH, HAMPSHIRE, ON 19/12/1895. SON OF LOUIS & ELIZABETH ANNIE MILNER. HIS FATHER WAS BORN IN ABERDEEN. SERVED IN THE ROYAL MARINE ARTILLERY AND CAME TO HULL TO WORK AS AN IRON WORKER AT EARLES SHIPYARD. HIS FATHER MARRIED MARY JANE WILKINSON AND THE FAMILY LIVED AT OF 25 NAYLORS ROW, HUL; (1911 CENSUS) AND 47 JAMES STREET, HULL (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS). THERE WERE THREE SISTERS AND A NUMBER OF STEPCHILDREN, INCLUDING TWIN STEP BROTHERS ALL LIVING IN THE SAME HOUSE.
LOUIS WORKED AS AN ERRAND BOY, IN THE IRON WORKS, WITH HIS FATHER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 11TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. TRANSFERRED TO THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 02/03/1918, AGED 22. HE IS BURIED AT NINE ELMS BRITISH CEMETERY, BELGIUM. HIS STEP MOTHER WAS REFUSED A WAR PENSION, BECAUSE SHE WAS ALREADY RECEIVING A PENSION FROM HER HUSBAND.
