Six: Major H. L. B. Mills, 9th Battalion Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment - severely wounded at Gallipoli, 9 August 1915

1914-15 Star Capt., Notts. & Derby. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.); Defence and War Medals, unnamed; St. John Service Medal, silvered bronze, unnamed, fine and better (6) £150-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A fine Collection of Medals to the Sherwood Foresters.

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Horace Leslie Brockbank Mills was born in Woolwich on 28 July 1893. He was educated at the King William School, Isle of Man. From school he entered Sandhurst in 1911 and was commissioned into the Notts. & Derbys. Regiment on 4 September 1912. He was advanced to Temporary Lieutenant with the 9th Battalion in October 1914 and Lieutenant in January 1915. He served with the 9th Battalion in Gallipoli, July-August 1915 but was severely wounded at Sulva Bay on 9 August 1915. Evacuated by French hospital ship, his wound resulted in the amputation of his right arm. Mills was promoted to Temporary Captain in September 1916 and Captain in October the same year. Appointed Adjutant of the Training Reserve Battalion in October 1917; placed on half pay in September 1919. Appointed Adjutant of the 8th Battalion in April 1926; later posted to the 2nd Battalion where he served in India, Sudan and Guernsey. Mills attained the rank of Major in January 1932. Served as Major in the Reserve of Officers from 1939. After retiring from the Army in 1938 he was appointed Employment and Welfare Officer at Rolls Royce, Derby. During the war he was also Civil Defence and Security Officer. Also served as Corps Superintendent of the Derby & District St. John Ambulance Brigade. After retiring from Rolls Royce he moved to the Isle of Man where he died on 16 September 1972.

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